Thailand's PAD Leaders To Be Summonsed By Police

[Lite Beer]

Police to summon key PAD leaders to hear charges on Feb 15

BANGKOK, Feb 13 – Metropolitan police were scheduled to issue a summons for core People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders to formally hear charges to be levelled against them on Feb 15 at Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police Bureau if negotiation to regain areas around Government fails, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

The Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) have approved metropolitan investigators to summon Yellow Shirt’s key leaders to acknowledge the charge of violating the Internal Security Act (ISA) on Tuesday (Feb 15) if negotiation to regain areas around Government does not show progress, CAPO spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Pravuth Thavornsiri said.

The Cabinet on Feb 8 approved reinstitution of the Internal Security Act (ISA) from Feb 9-23 in seven districts in Bangkok to provide the legal framework for containing intensifying protests as well as reinstituting the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) to oversee the situation.

The ISA enforcement covers seven districts including Dusit, Phra Nakorn, Wattana, Ratchathewi, Wang Thonglang, Pathumwan and Pom Prap Sattru Phai.

According to a report that a number of demonstrators of several protest groups from other provinces will flock to Bangkok to stage their rallies on Monday, the CAPO has issued letters to local state agencies to compile residents’ complaints and help relieve their problems, aiming to avoid disruptive rallies in the capital.

In another related development, two men were detained for questioning as they were suspected of possessing about 60 small homemade bombs near the PAD protest site on Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue, near Government House.

The two detained men were identified as Wutthichai Soiraya, 23, and a 17-year-old juvenile. According to a report, both are PAD security guards.

An investigation by the Metropolitan Police Division 1 found that the suspicious objects were not small homemade explosive devices as earlier reported but 63 firecrackers.

Both of them said that they intended to throw the firecrackers at persons inciting disturbances at the protest site and to police dispersing the gathering.

Initially, the duo were freed as the firecrackers seized by the metropolitan police were not deemed explosive substances. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2011-02-13

[Scott]

(Quote from the OP)

"According to a report that a number of demonstrators of several protest groups from other provinces will flock to Bangkok to stage their rallies on Monday, the CAPO has issued letters to local state agencies to compile residents’ complaints and help relieve their problems, aiming to avoid disruptive rallies in the capital."

Anyone know what other protest groups are planning rallies?

[Buchholz]

The Cabinet on Feb 8 approved reinstitution of the Internal Security Act (ISA) from Feb 9-23 in seven districts in Bangkok

The ISA enforcement covers seven districts including Dusit, Phra Nakorn, Wattana, Ratchathewi, Wang Thonglang, Pathumwan and Pom Prap Sattru Phai.

In the interest of avoiding double standards, when are the Red Shirt Leaders being summoned by police for violating the ISA in a covered district for their rally?

Anti-government "red shirt" protesters react to a speech made from the stage during a rally near the Democracy monument, in Bangkok February 13, 2011.

REUTERS

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[phiphidon]

The Cabinet on Feb 8 approved reinstitution of the Internal Security Act (ISA) from Feb 9-23 in seven districts in Bangkok

The ISA enforcement covers seven districts including Dusit, Phra Nakorn, Wattana, Ratchathewi, Wang Thonglang, Pathumwan and Pom Prap Sattru Phai.

In the interest of avoiding double standards, when are the Red Shirt Leaders being summoned by police for violating the ISA in a covered district for their rally?

Anti-government "red shirt" protesters react to a speech made from the stage during a rally near the Democracy monument, in Bangkok February 13, 2011.

REUTERS

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Why stop there? Why not arrest everybody in violation of the ISA from the 9th to the 23rd February. The laws the law after all and there's got to be a point at which it's enforced, fairly .

[hanuman1]

Looks like another large, peaceful demonstration by the red shirts.

[webfact]

CAPO to summon PAD chiefs over rally

By The Nation

The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) will issue summonses to People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders tomorrow for violating two orders banning rallies and vehicles from roads around Government House and the Parliament.

CAPO spokesman Pol Maj-General Prawut Thawornsiri said police would summon the PAD leaders twice and if they did not turn up, arrest warrants would be issued. He said police had prepared equipment to disperse the PAD protesters - such as non-exploding tear gas - but no guns would be used against them.

Police yesterday nabbed two PAD security guards for carrying explosive substances into the group's protest site.

Wutthichai Soiraya, 24, and a 17-year-old teenager admitted they had prepared 63 explosive balls to fight with security forces in case the protest was crushed, police said.

Meanwhile, Thida Tawornsen, caretaker leader of the red shirts, led a rally at the Criminal Court to demand the release of seven red-shirt leaders who were detained after their rallies led to parts of the capital going up in flames last year.

The rally moved to Democracy Monument in the evening.

Red leader Jatuporn Prompan threatened to stage a prolonged demonstration at their next rally outside the Supreme Court in Sanam Luang on Saturday if the leaders were not released.

Thaksin Shinawatra and red-shirt lawyer Robert Amsterdam last night made an appearance through video link at the rally. "An election will be held, but don't expect it to take place real soon," Thaksin said.

-- The Nation 2011-02-14

[asiawatcher]

Red Shirt leaders and PAD leaders - next Blue Shirts then what? New parties coming to whinge about the Govt? I love the way they are 'summonsed' to appear. Most countries issue arrest warrants, bail them and then let the judge decide. In this case we still have Jutaporn running around spewing vitriolic inciting of civil unrest whilst his fellows don't enjoy the same 'freedom' privilege and we have Sondi acting like the Cheshire Cat with 'peaceful' vitriolic sparring over the 'legality' of orders against PAD, never mind what they are doing falls outside the present ISA mandate to remove them. It all continues, elections are due, sit it out and let 'democracy' takes its course. Cast your votes and let the people speak. It is all so bloody boring and frustrating having to put up with you selfish ass*oles.

[LikeHeat]

I have to question what an election will solve? Abhisit seems most likely to win. The Reds will still want Thaksin back so they will carry on. The Yellows will still want war with Cambodia so they will carry on.

The only change will be ........ I'm at a loss for what will change.

[ib1b4]

I have to question what an election will solve? Abhisit seems most likely to win. The Reds will still want Thaksin back so they will carry on. The Yellows will still want war with Cambodia so they will carry on.

The only change will be ........ I'm at a loss for what will change.

Or the reds will win a majority as they did before, PAD continue protests, ELITES rule against reds in courts,and it all starts over again?

[whybother]

I have to question what an election will solve? Abhisit seems most likely to win. The Reds will still want Thaksin back so they will carry on. The Yellows will still want war with Cambodia so they will carry on.

The only change will be ........ I'm at a loss for what will change.

Or the reds will win a majority as they did before, PAD continue protests, ELITES rule against reds in courts,and it all starts over again?

Do you mean the 2005 election when Thaksin won after he bought in some smaller parties into TRT? That's the only election that a party was won a majority.

[rubl]

The Cabinet on Feb 8 approved reinstitution of the Internal Security Act (ISA) from Feb 9-23 in seven districts in Bangkok

The ISA enforcement covers seven districts including Dusit, Phra Nakorn, Wattana, Ratchathewi, Wang Thonglang, Pathumwan and Pom Prap Sattru Phai.

In the interest of avoiding double standards, when are the Red Shirt Leaders being summoned by police for violating the ISA in a covered district for their rally?

Anti-government "red shirt" protesters react to a speech made from the stage during a rally near the Democracy monument, in Bangkok February 13, 2011.

REUTERS

http://news.yahoo.co...r2978197965.jpg

Why stop there? Why not arrest everybody in violation of the ISA from the 9th to the 23rd February. The laws the law after all and there's got to be a point at which it's enforced, fairly .

It seems the ISA is called in only to be able to respond in case of problems. As long as protests are peaceful and not disturbing too many people / businesses they are tolerated, same like when the SoE was still in place. Remember TiT

Edited February 14, 2011 by rubl