Protesters storm Thai-Japanese sports stadium, force election staff evacuation

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Protesters storm Thai-Japanese sports stadium, force election staff evacuation
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, Dec 25 - Anti-government protesters intruded into the Thai-Japanese sports stadium in Din Daeng this morning, cordoning off the gymnasium, the venue for election candidacy registration forcing election staff to vacate the venue and suspend the registration process.

The Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand (NSPRT), a splinter group of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), led its supporters into the Thai-Japanese sports stadium and then into the gymnasium.

Sitting in the entrances, they blocked access for elections personnel and used a huge national flag to encircle the building to prevent candidates from any political party to enter the building.

The NSPRT leaders said they did not intend to obstruct the February 2 general election but want reforms to be completed before the election.

The EC had prepared to begin the third day of the candidate registration this morning after PDRC protesters ended their rally at the stadium Tuesday evening.

But now, registrations that were to take place today--including a lots-drawing session for parties that registered on Monday--have been suspended.

Registration of party-list candidates was to be held from Monday through Friday but the first two days were interrupted by an anti-government rally at the registration venue inside the stadium.

Suthep Thaugsuban, PDRC secretary general, led protesters out of the Din Daeng registration venue, saying that their mission to show the disagreement to the election has accomplished. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-12-25

[Nowhereman60]

And the police don't do a damn thing about it. Cowards, nothing but damn cowards Thailand is now a lawless state.

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EC’s registration venue retaken by NSPRT

BANGKOK: -- Hundreds of protesters led by the Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand (NSPRT) stormed into the Bangkok Youth Center (Thai Japan) early this morning and sealed off all its entrances in a bid to block election registration.

The seizure came after the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) decided to pull out all its demonstrators from encircling the registration venue center and returned to the Democracy Monument yesterday.

The unexpected seizure came as the Election Commission (ED) advised parties which had filed complaints with Din Daeng police station but have not yet submitted their party-list candidacy documents to the EC to submit their documents at its registration venue at the center today to be officially qualified for drawing lots of party numbers.

Its advice came after the PDRC secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban yesterday announced to leave the registration venue after having accomplished its task and returned to the Democracy Monument peacefully.

But this morning the venue was retaken by the NSPRT protesters led by Mr Nitithorn Lamlua, one of the 37 leaders and academics, journalists summoned by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to acknowledge insurrection charge. Nitithorn also faced additional charge of insulting a Foreign Representative when he led the protesters to rally in front of the US embassy in Bangkok.

He led hundreds of protesters from the Victory Monument to seize the Bangkok Youth Center at 7.00 a.m. today.

The NSPRT is considered a hardcore anti-Thaksin regime group.

The EC has earlier planned to meet today to schedule the drawing of party numbers tomorrow. But this might be put off.

A Pheu Thai party executive meanwhile called on the EC to open registration at the Army camp instead.

The Network protesters this morning entered the youth center close to the place where registration is held. They have fenced off all the entrances to the Kiravej 2 building where registration is held with national flag and ban any one to enter and leave the room.

The sudden entry forced the EC officials to stop the registration of party-list candidates immediately. Officials advised parties which arrived for registration but could not do so to lodge complaints with any police station to express their intention to contest in the party-list election.

(Photo : Twitter @Pat_Thaipbs )

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/ecs-registration-venue-retaken-nsprt/


-- Thai PBS 2013-12-25

[Nowhereman60]

Officials advised parties which arrived for registration but could not do so to lodge complaints with any police station to express their intention to contest in the party-list election.

And what the hell will the police do about it. Nothing just like Monday. The whole police force is a bunch of pussies.

[Nibbles48]

Ahaaaa.....

I said there was something afoot when the protesters pulled out yesterday....lol

Now we know why.

Open it somewhere else and it will happen there too.

Can't you lot take a hint?...... No elections before reform, especially with an obviously 'Thaksin tainted' Election Commission.

[Gsxrnz]

No government, no effective police force, and a bunch of loons that think it's possible to unravel 80 years of corrupt government practices and replace it with their version of corrupt practices by 2 February.

Yeah, good luck with that.

Meanwhile back in Kansas...............

[Nibbles48]

Officials advised parties which arrived for registration but could not do so to lodge complaints with any police station to express their intention to contest in the party-list election.

And what the hell will the police do about it. Nothing just like Monday. The whole police force is a bunch of pussies.

I do believe you are finally seeing the light.

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RT @tulsathit: This scene at the Thai-Japan stadium is hard to caption. RT @7_preysor: 10.45 am. http://t.co/VBS0B5l8Os

[PaullyW]

No government, no effective police force, and a bunch of loons that think it's possible to unravel 80 years of corrupt government practices and replace it with their version of corrupt practices by 2 February.

Yeah, good luck with that.

Meanwhile back in Kansas...............

80 years?

Don't you mean a foundational aspect of the culture which has developed over hundreds of years?

[Nowhereman60]

Nibbles48 is now on ignore so I don't have to see any of his stupid replies to me.

[Thailand]

Ahaaaa.....

I said there was something afoot when the protesters pulled out yesterday....lol

Now we know why.

Open it somewhere else and it will happen there too.

Can't you lot take a hint?...... No elections before reform, especially with an obviously 'Thaksin tainted' Election Commission.

Simply exchanging one bunch of thugs for another lot intent on terrorizing the staff which I guess they did. Many wearing yellow as well?

And in the second picture isn't that the army outside the gymnasium?

[catmac]

It's one thing to oppose the election, it's alright to boycott the election if you think that is the right way to go about it, but when these thugs start intimidating candidates and physically prevent the election process from going on then they have overstepped their rights.

Good on YS for not giving them what they are desperately seeking, a bloody confrontation that would be the excuse for the army to step in. After all, that is what this is all about. Suthep and Wimpy know that they have as much chance of winning the support of the mass of the population (yes, there really are people who live outside of BKK!) as I have of flying to the moon! Their only chance of grabbing power away from the people lies with the army and yet another coup.

[LuukKoeyKorat]

You're happily content with the fact that any form of law & order in this country seems to be going down the drain?! How do you react if a bunch of PT supporters surrounded the PDRC headquarters, and the police did nothing to protect? Are you saying that right now its OK for anyone to do anything they please, ie totally disregard any or all laws of this country? What exactly are you advocating?

Ahaaaa.....

I said there was something afoot when the protesters pulled out yesterday....lol

Now we know why.

Open it somewhere else and it will happen there too.

Can't you lot take a hint?...... No elections before reform, especially with an obviously 'Thaksin tainted' Election Commission.

[saltandpepper]

And the police don't do a dam_n thing about it. Cowards, nothing but dam_n cowards Thailand is now a lawless state.

Now???

[jpeg]

And the police don't do a dam_n thing about it. Cowards, nothing but dam_n cowards Thailand is now a lawless state.

You're funny. 'NOW is a lawless state' ?

[Nowhereman60]

And the police don't do a dam_n thing about it. Cowards, nothing but dam_n cowards Thailand is now a lawless state.

You're funny. 'NOW is a lawless state' ?

Your right not Now but it is getting worst.

[LuukKoeyKorat]

I do believe you are finally losing the plot, and should hurry over to be Suthep's personal golden whistle polisher. Merry Xmas!

Officials advised parties which arrived for registration but could not do so to lodge complaints with any police station to express their intention to contest in the party-list election.

And what the hell will the police do about it. Nothing just like Monday. The whole police force is a bunch of pussies.

I do believe you are finally seeing the light.

[LomSak27]

Looks like the Yellows are getting desperate now ... the D days and make it break it days didn't do it ... and if you have elections, you lose so ... better try anything you can not to have them.

Could we have another airport mass protest, shutdown, actv boadcast, The Nation print media spectacle?? Tune in Next Year

[soi41]

AS a Xmas present to Nibbles and his groupies.

Some pictures of your heroes:

And your very own!!

May I suggest you read on another thread what some members of the "movement" really think about foreigners.

Your blind support here is like Jews supporting Hitler!!

[ggold]

Didn't PTP already register their MP's along with 9 other parties very early in the morning of the first day, Aren't the students a bit late doing this?

[Rimmer]

One troll post removed criticising the news presentation

[GreenSnapper]

Give Isaan to Laos and southern Thailand to Malaysia - all problems solved!

[1ma]

Democracy in action.

[HAL9000]

How long will Thailand tolerate mob rule?

[HUAHIN62]

Ahaaaa.....

I said there was something afoot when the protesters pulled out yesterday....lol

Now we know why.

Open it somewhere else and it will happen there too.

Can't you lot take a hint?...... No elections before reform, especially with an obviously 'Thaksin tainted' Election Commission.

In your dreams, a hand full of people like you will mot take away our right to vote.

[Yunla]

Its the Hub of fireballing into the ground for no reason.

[Ulic]

All just one big show.

[tingtongteesood]

How long will Thailand tolerate mob rule?

Well 'mob' is another word sometimes used to mean 'the Mafia' and Thaksin has tried to run the country as his personal business using his family and followers to rule with an iron fist, much like the Mafia and the Dons 'family'. So I would say since Thaksin came to and as long as he is in power 'mob rule' will be the norm here....

[LomSak27]

Well 'mob' is another word sometimes used to mean 'the Mafia' and Thaksin has tried to run the country as his personal business using his family and followers to rule with an iron fist, much like the Mafia and the Dons 'family'. So I would say since Thaksin came to and as long as he is in power 'mob rule' will be the norm here....

So you were here in the 80's, 90's and during Thaksins eh. I don't rememeber a paradise of non mob rule in the last 30 years, but premature senility and alzheimers are constant worries.

John Wayne's not coming to the rescue

[tingtongteesood]

Thaksin wasn't in power until this century, try and keep up....