Redshirt Protesters Force Immigration Bureau HQ To Close

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Redshirt protesters force Immigration Bureau HQ to close

BANGKOK: -- The offices of Immigration Bureau HQ in Bangkok was forced to close after lunch today Monday, after redshirts protesters holding a rally at the nearby Election Commission's office in Chaengwattana, and threaten to storm into the building.

Officials and other personnel working at Immigration Bureau HQ and other government agencies located at the Chaengwattana Govt centre have been instructed to go home.

Thaivisa has tried to contact Immigration officials, but nobody picks up the phones.

Immigration, banks and government offices will also be closed tomorrow Tuesday, as April 6 is a public holiday (Chakri Day).

All banks, government offices will be closed

April 6 commemorates the founding of the Chakri Dynasty in 1782 by King Rama I.

-- thaivisa.com 2010-04-05

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[TAWP]

Great...

[Murf]

and the baht is still holding strong!!!

[theoldgit]

"Officials and other personnel working at Immigration HQ have been instructed to go home"

Maybe that's why "nobody pics up the phones"

[sutyot]

Great...

I was just in the area. loads of Red Shirts racing around on motorcycles and waving big red flags. No way to see if the building was protected, closed. Across the street are the red berets though and I am not sure the reds will blend well.

Sutyot

[materialsman]

That's not a good sign, closing down Immigration would have affected a lot of falangs trying to get an extension before tomorrows holiday. I'm not sure the Red Shirts would deliberately be targeting foreigners by this action, but a major inconvenience nonetheless.

[thaikahuna]

The dam_n defecation will sooner or later contact the rotating oscillator. When it does I think we will be seeing lots of red soaked red shirts. I am surprised at just how restrained the government has been but at what cost? They all want their rights but no one is apparently willing to step up and take responsibility. Government offices being shut down people unable to get to their jobs, others just staying home giving up on fighting the traffic gridlock. I wonder how close we are to seeing martial law imposed?

Just thinking out loud here and if the mods consider this out of bounds, feel free to remove or edit it.

[AMVET98]

These iddiots are going to far it is time they were charged and arrested. This is getting rediculous. i have no problem with rallies, even sit ins to a certain extent but disruption of the country is going to far how is cowtowing to a few tens of thousands of radical terrorist protesters democracy ot of a country of 60 some million.

The government also ought to charge Mr. T with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy and put out an international warrent for his arrest with interpol and any and all other international police organizations.

[moskito]

anyway, not yet the airports

bad luck for those which want to extend their visas today...or good luck for those who are to late anyway

[bkkjames]

after a couple of weeks soaking up bangkoks pollution i think its getting to them...

or they can see that with Songkran a week away that most if not of all of their support will desert them and head back home.

[SiriusBlack1]

I certainly hope this doesn't reflect some kind of anti-foreigner sentiment.

Would sure be ironic if it did!

[pimay11]

These iddiots are going to far it is time they were charged and arrested. This is getting rediculous. i have no problem with rallies, even sit ins to a certain extent but disruption of the country is going to far how is cowtowing to a few tens of thousands of radical terrorist protesters democracy ot of a country of 60 some million.

The government also ought to charge Mr. T with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy and put out an international warrent for his arrest with interpol and any and all other international police organizations.

Well said. If the government does not stop this madness now they will loose all credibility and rightly so. I have supported them so far but if they let this continue they do not deserve to rule. IMO.

[Zolt]

I certainly hope this doesn't reflect some kind of anti-foreigner sentiment.

Would sure be ironic if it did!

Nah, their aim is the nearby Election Commission. Does that reflects some kind of anti-election sentiment?

[Jingthing]

A justified reaction is coming very soon. That, or a coup. The impatience is understandable but Abhisit had to wait to show the country just how destructive and anti-democratic the red shirts are. If he moved too early, it would have backfired.

[Briggsy]

The Army may well now be ruing its decision to allow its proxy militia, the yellow shirts, to take over and trash Government House and then close the international airport for over a week.

It has opened Pandora's box and may not realise the route it has taken the country on.

[moo9]

Arisman, Kwanchai, Suporn (E-saan Rambo) leading the attack.

All criminals, deserve to sit in jail due to the incidents at Pattaya and many other issues.

This is getting worse as they are getting desperate. Well, how nice was the period under the military government, quiet, and life went on as normal!

[hammered]

Back in PAD time when a bunch of PADites went into a TV station they were arrested and incarcerated. Wonder if the police will take the same action this time around when demonstarors start phsically going inside places

[Edmond]

"Officials and other personnel working at Immigration HQ have been instructed to go home"

Maybe that's why "nobody pics up the phones"

lol

[WormFarmer]

I certainly hope this doesn't reflect some kind of anti-foreigner sentiment.

Would sure be ironic if it did!

I think it highly unlikely that more than 5% of the country bumkin redshirts even know that foreigners have to renew their re-entry permits or visas or whatever let alone consider that by their actions they might be inconveniencing a few farangs.

[Capealava]

These iddiots are going to far it is time they were charged and arrested. This is getting rediculous. i have no problem with rallies, even sit ins to a certain extent but disruption of the country is going to far how is cowtowing to a few tens of thousands of radical terrorist protesters democracy ot of a country of 60 some million.

The government also ought to charge Mr. T with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy and put out an international warrent for his arrest with interpol and any and all other international police organizations.

Were you as vocal when the Yellow shirts who brought the current government to power shut down the Airport. I would say that was major inconvenience compared to this. And Kasit the current Foreign minister was at the airport rooting them on. .

Not your business not your country we are just visitors- -I am sure there is plenty to bitch about in your home country alsobitch about your own country

[hammered]

The Army may well now be ruing its decision to allow its proxy militia, the yellow shirts, to take over and trash Government House and then close the international airport for over a week.

It has opened Pandora's box and may not realise the route it has taken the country on.

There will be some in the army who will probably be thinking how now every civilain government have shown they cant control things. An election in 15 days isnt going to happen now

[C3C4]

These iddiots are going to far it is time they were charged and arrested. This is getting rediculous. i have no problem with rallies, even sit ins to a certain extent but disruption of the country is going to far how is cowtowing to a few tens of thousands of radical terrorist protesters democracy ot of a country of 60 some million.

The government also ought to charge Mr. T with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy and put out an international warrent for his arrest with interpol and any and all other international police organizations.

It looks as if you like the way democracy works, as long as it doesn't affect your circles. But would you like Thailand to be like Burma. Or are you just another angry american..?

[traderjm]

Arisman, Kwanchai, Suporn (E-saan Rambo) leading the attack.

All criminals, deserve to sit in jail due to the incidents at Pattaya and many other issues.

This is getting worse as they are getting desperate. Well, how nice was the period under the military government, quiet, and life went on as normal!

Funny my wife said more or less the same thing last night, enough with the proxy governments and so forth just let the Generals rule openly oddly enough she said that right after she expressed happiness we are moving to the West soon she has had all she can take of her own country.. can't say I blame her watching the actions and inactions of late

[givenall]

Great...

I was just in the area. loads of Red Shirts racing around on motorcycles and waving big red flags. No way to see if the building was protected, closed. Across the street are the red berets though and I am not sure the reds will blend well.

Sutyot

It is time to impeach Abisit nor lack of action against anarchy

[Zolt]

or they can see that with Songkran a week away that most if not of all of their support will desert them and head back home.

Ahem... I'm just interested. Your basis for that statement is what exactly? They staged their protests on Songkran last year precisely because it was the best time for them to mobilize.

[FunkyGuru]

:D

[traderjm]

These iddiots are going to far it is time they were charged and arrested. This is getting rediculous. i have no problem with rallies, even sit ins to a certain extent but disruption of the country is going to far how is cowtowing to a few tens of thousands of radical terrorist protesters democracy ot of a country of 60 some million.

The government also ought to charge Mr. T with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy and put out an international warrent for his arrest with interpol and any and all other international police organizations.

Were you as vocal when the Yellow shirts who brought the current government to power shut down the Airport. I would say that was major inconvenience compared to this. And Kasit the current Foreign minister was at the airport rooting them on. .

Not your business not your country we are just visitors- -I am sure there is plenty to bitch about in your home country alsobitch about your own country

FYI even though I know you were not addressing it to me, I can tell you that YES I was just as against the Yellows as I am the REDs now... and as for only being a visitor my wife and children were born and live here with me so I think I have every right to express opinions along with my family... being against the REDS does NOT make one PRO YELLOW... both groups of thugs both doing amazingly stupid things, it is in fact my adopted country.

[givenall]

These iddiots are going to far it is time they were charged and arrested. This is getting rediculous. i have no problem with rallies, even sit ins to a certain extent but disruption of the country is going to far how is cowtowing to a few tens of thousands of radical terrorist protesters democracy ot of a country of 60 some million.

The government also ought to charge Mr. T with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy and put out an international warrent for his arrest with interpol and any and all other international police organizations.

It looks as if you like the way democracy works, as long as it doesn't affect your circles. But would you like Thailand to be like Burma. Or are you just another angry american..?

Thailand is becoming worse than Burma. Burma at least has some rules even if we

don’t like it. Over here is complete anarchy and no one want to be responsible for

making the hard decision.

[SiriusBlack1]

I certainly hope this doesn't reflect some kind of anti-foreigner sentiment.

Would sure be ironic if it did!

Nah, their aim is the nearby Election Commission. Does that reflects some kind of anti-election sentiment?

Now THAT would be irony!

[pimay11]

These iddiots are going to far it is time they were charged and arrested. This is getting rediculous. i have no problem with rallies, even sit ins to a certain extent but disruption of the country is going to far how is cowtowing to a few tens of thousands of radical terrorist protesters democracy ot of a country of 60 some million.

The government also ought to charge Mr. T with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy and put out an international warrent for his arrest with interpol and any and all other international police organizations.

It looks as if you like the way democracy works, as long as it doesn't affect your circles. But would you like Thailand to be like Burma. Or are you just another angry american..?

"Angry American"? Do I detect a little racism here perhaps? Why not angry German, Aussi, Brit, Itilian, Greek, ect? Shame on you my friend.