At least two injured in two shooting incidents near Bangkok rally site

[EyesWideOpen]

We all knew this was coming, with redshirts being unleashed.....

Oh thats original

Thanks !!!! Many people predicted this outcome, so really no great surprise to see it.

Pretty sure we are going to see the last gasp of the Thaksin / Redshirt alliance,

and it is not going to be pretty. Power hungry leaders seem to go to great lengths

to hold onto power.......

[diehard60]

Whoever said "Red Shirts are peaceful people" better get their heads out of their arse. Now I know some will say how do we know they were Red Shirts? Well, who else is there? Red Shirts fighting with protesters in Phathum Thani yesterday comes to mind.

I personally I think all groups need to get off their "my way or the highway" attitude and start thinking about how they can solve the problem of the country as a whole. Wishful thinking....but it IS possible.

No they would not agree this is red shirt in action but Suthep plan to invite the military coop. I am going sick of writing in TVF.

Stop writing then. easy job done.

Yo MRJlh I think you are completely wrong this time. I'll bet it was people from the deep south that suthep brought up there.

[Scamper]

The vigilante attacks continue, as Yingluck sips her tea with Surapong.

[Prbkk]

Seriously odd that The Nation will give updated reports on conflict/casualties (as it should), but decline to cover the Robert Amsterdam piece discussed at length in the Bangkok Post and the Thai langauge press. What is it about the story that The Nation deems not newsworthy?

Could it be because Amsterdam is Thaksins paid PR man therefore what he writes is not news but PR.

While he is Thaksin's lawyer, every other news service ran with the story ( and included the rebuttal from the military). Why the silence from The Nation?

[gerry1011]

Suthep and his thugs have been unopposed till now...

The majority has been behaving very quietly till now.

But it seems that the majority is starting to lose patience.

Best is for Suthep to back off from his criminal goals... He can't fight the majority anyway.

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[fab4]

Seriously odd that The Nation will give updated reports on conflict/casualties (as it should), but decline to cover the Robert Amsterdam piece discussed at length in the Bangkok Post and the Thai langauge press. What is it about the story that The Nation deems not newsworthy?

Could it be because Amsterdam is Thaksins paid PR man therefore what he writes is not news but PR.

and anyway, The Nation is to be relied upon for it's unbiased, in depth coverage of politics in Thailand.........................

[Scott]

Off-topic, inflammatory posts and replies have been deleted.

[aussieinthailand]

Whoever said "Red Shirts are peaceful people" better get their heads out of their arse. Now I know some will say how do we know they were Red Shirts? Well, who else is there? Red Shirts fighting with protesters in Phathum Thani yesterday comes to mind.

I personally I think all groups need to get off their "my way or the highway" attitude and start thinking about how they can solve the problem of the country as a whole. Wishful thinking....but it IS possible.

Quite an in accurate generalization, Yes some red shirt supporters are more extreme in the actions than others, this is also true of yellow shirts and Suthep's supporters, Now I most defiantly do not have my head in my arse, and I personally know many PTP supporters that are very peaceful, kind, and generous, polite people, and the same for those I know that support yellow shirts, That is a fair balanced and unbiased stance.

So, Mrjih, It seems that some people that make generalizations that are factually wrong obviously have their collective heads in their arse as you put it...

You just need to take a moment and think why the PTP supporters are so frustrated, this is how many times that a democratically elected PM and government has had overthrow attempts coup, and removed so that another political party and PM can be put in place that suits the interests of a few, Just think, was Mark elected by a general election???

[mikemac]

Seriously odd that The Nation will give updated reports on conflict/casualties (as it should), but decline to cover the Robert Amsterdam piece discussed at length in the Bangkok Post and the Thai langauge press. What is it about the story that The Nation deems not newsworthy?

Could it be because Amsterdam is Thaksins paid PR man therefore what he writes is not news but PR.

The crim from Dubai got to where he is today using BS, not PR.

Apparently the old saying "crime doesn't pay" was right after all.

[EyesWideOpen]

We all knew this was coming, with redshirts being unleashed.....

Posted by 'EyesWideOpen'..... but wearing blinkers

Wow......so you think the red shirts will sit on their hands and do nothing ???

I suggest you cast the blinkers from thine own eyes..... :-)

[Mrjlh]

Whoever said "Red Shirts are peaceful people" better get their heads out of their arse. Now I know some will say how do we know they were Red Shirts? Well, who else is there? Red Shirts fighting with protesters in Phathum Thani yesterday comes to mind.

I personally I think all groups need to get off their "my way or the highway" attitude and start thinking about how they can solve the problem of the country as a whole. Wishful thinking....but it IS possible.

No they would not agree this is red shirt in action but Suthep plan to invite the military coop. I am going sick of writing in TVF.

Stop writing then. easy job done.

Yo MRJlh I think you are completely wrong this time. I'll bet it was people from the deep south that suthep brought up there.

Diffidently not the guys from the south. Right in the middle of a big ruckus they'd have to stop for prayers five times a day. Wouldn't fit in with the flow of things. Third party...that feasible but that's too easy too. Wasn't me! Wasn't you! must be that third guy. That the answer...it was that third guy who did it.

They all need a big slap across the face and have someone say "children go to your room. You can come out when you want to play nice." Like some of the posters on this board that get "tooo... emotional" over affairs that they can't control, they use violence if they don't get their way (under the guise of being peaceful). Will not accept responsibility for anything. That's the Thai way. But that concept of accepting another view point is over their heads.

[little mary sunshine]

Yesterday some ass on TV was saying BKK is 100% safe. Not even in your

dreams.............

[Roadman]

Whoever said "Red Shirts are peaceful people" better get their heads out of their arse. Now I know some will say how do we know they were Red Shirts? Well, who else is there? Red Shirts fighting with protesters in Phathum Thani yesterday comes to mind.

I personally I think all groups need to get off their "my way or the highway" attitude and start thinking about how they can solve the problem of the country as a whole. Wishful thinking....but it IS possible.

Quite an in accurate generalization, Yes some red shirt supporters are more extreme in the actions than others, this is also true of yellow shirts and Suthep's supporters, Now I most defiantly do not have my head in my arse, and I personally know many PTP supporters that are very peaceful, kind, and generous, polite people, and the same for those I know that support yellow shirts, That is a fair balanced and unbiased stance.

So, Mrjih, It seems that some people that make generalizations that are factually wrong obviously have their collective heads in their arse as you put it...

You just need to take a moment and think why the PTP supporters are so frustrated, this is how many times that a democratically elected PM and government has had overthrow attempts coup, and removed so that another political party and PM can be put in place that suits the interests of a few, Just think, was Mark elected by a general election???

Mark was elected the same way the Thaksin stogie government before him was also elected. The interests of a few?

[catmac]

We all knew this was coming, with redshirts being unleashed.....

Posted by 'EyesWideOpen'..... but wearing blinkers

Wow......so you think the red shirts will sit on their hands and do nothing ???

I suggest you cast the blinkers from thine own eyes..... :-)

They don't have to do anything just yet. Let Suthep make the lives of his supporters in Bangkok hell through his childish antics in closing down the city, and then watch his own people kick his arse. Only if Suthep creates the violence that he needs to get the army to stage a coup will he win. But then you really will find out how the red-shirts can behave.

It looks far more likely to me that the present skirmishes are the work of individuals or groups who have some personal grievance with the yellows........friends of that taxidriver they beat up, motorsai taxi drivers losing money with all these marches and road closures, etc., etc.

Utterly ridiculous to claim that Thaksin is sitting in Dubai sticking pins in a map as he personally orders the odd bomb to be thrown!

[tom21]

We all knew this was coming, with redshirts being unleashed.....

Oh thats original

Thanks !!!! Many people predicted this outcome, so really no great surprise to see it.

Pretty sure we are going to see the last gasp of the Thaksin / Redshirt alliance,

and it is not going to be pretty. Power hungry leaders seem to go to great lengths

to hold onto power.......

especially when they are the legally elected government and will be again after the next election . the power hungry opposition who is supported by the army is just badly done by and there solution is a dictatorship

[jackrich]

This is so weird. I stayed home all day and nobody shot at me.

Could this be because I didn't piss off any people?

[slapout]

Yingluck assures safety for Bangkokians during protest

She put Chaleum in charge (his words) the shooting esculate and the renowned caretaker PM assures the people of Bangkok will be safe.

The height of this charade will be when they name the home address of those injured/killed as being from outside Bangkok. Then the Foreign minister, man of many talents can point the fikkle finger at the third parties,

[webfact]

Gunfire and explosions at Democracy Monument leave five wounded



BANGKOK: -- Five anti-government protesters were injured by gunshots and explosions which happened before dawn near the site where several thousands of protesters were gathering to hear their leaders giving speeches demanding the ouster of the caretaker prime minister.

The five injured were admitted to Ramathibodi and Central hospitals. Doctors said now condition of all the injured are safe.

According to guards providing security for protesters, gunshots and explosions were heard in front of Rattanakosin hotel on Rajadamnoen Avenue where several protesters were gathering.

They said gunman riding on the pillion of a motorcycle fired several shots and the protesters while riding down the Pinkklao bridge at about 2.00.a.m.

Meanwhile at 4.00.explosions and gunshots were also heard near Yaek Kokwua intersection. In both incidents five protesters were injured, the guards said.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/gunfire-explosions-democracy-monument-leave-five-wounded/


-- Thai PBS 2014-01-11

[shiok]

Watch this before it's removed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Owu4Lu0LA#t=45"

[Ulysses G.]

Watch this before it's removed:

Pretty obvious propaganda, but the music is not too bad for a Thai band.

[jackrich]

Watch this before it's removed:

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Was that video done by North Korea's propaganda department? You can't attack police officer with Molotov cocktails and expect them not to fight back. That video is portraying the police as the bad guys and protesters as heros, when its really the other way around.

[webfact]

Gunmen fire on Thai anti-government protest: police

BANGKOK, January 11, 2014 (AFP) - Several Thai anti-government protesters were wounded after gunmen opened fire on a rally site in Bangkok, authorities said Saturday, as tensions rise ahead of a planned city-wide "shutdown" to heap more pressure on the caretaker government.

The kingdom is the grip of a political crisis that has led to parliament being dissolved amid mass protests to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and end the influence on Thai politics of her wildly divisive brother, Thaksin.

Protesters are seeking to block a snap election called for February 2, and want Yingluck to resign immediately.

One protester was seriously wounded after unknown gunmen fired their weapons at the protesters' main rally site in the capital in two separate attacks early Saturday, Thai police told AFP.

"The first attack occurred at 2.30am (local time) wounding two people, including a protest security guard. The second took place a few hours later wounding five protesters," according to Police Lieutenant General Prawut Thavornsiri of the Royal Thai Police.

The toll was confirmed by the city's Erawan emergency medical centre, who said one man remained in a "critical condition".

Eight people, including a policeman, have been killed and dozens injured in street violence in recent weeks, and the government has voiced fears of more bloodshed as protesters refuse to back down in their efforts to oust the Shinawatras.

Authorities have raised fears that a planned "shutdown" by the anti-government protesters on Monday could lead to more violence.

One company of soldiers was deployed at each of 37 locations -- including government offices -- across the capital on Friday night, an army spokesman told AFP.

Thousands of police are also expected to keep the peace.

The head of Thailand's powerful army called for calm ahead of Monday's action.

"I'm concerned about security as many people will come (on Monday) and violence has happened throughout (the protests)," Army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha told reporters on Saturday.

"I want to tell all sides not to clash with each other... we are all Thais and we can live together despite our differences," he said.

Prayut also urged Thais to "solve the problems of Thai people" in an apparent rebuttal of concerns voiced by the international community at the deteriorating political situation.

United Nations' chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for "restraint" from all sides, expressing fears the situation "could escalate in the days ahead".

Thailand has experienced several bouts of political violence since Thaksin was ousted as prime minister by royalist generals in 2006.

The billionaire tycoon fled the kingdom in 2008 to dodge jail for a corruption conviction that he says was politically motivated.

He is hated by the anti-government protesters, who say his money has poisoned Thailand's politics, but draws strong loyalty from the northern half of the country.

The protesters want to suspend Thailand's democracy to allow reforms aimed at rooting out his influence.

But his sister Yingluck's Puea Thai party is expected to win the February election if it goes ahead.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-01-11

[phetaroi]

Criticize these protestors all you like, but the violence (just like 3.5 years ago) appears to be almost exclusive to the Red Shirt side of things.

[Nowhereman60]

Many will say the Red Shirts are responsible. But they are more than just Red Shirts who hate Suthep and his southern thugs coming to their city and destroying it. Many citizens of the city are upset and angry and can't take it anymore.

[scorecard]

Watch this before it's removed:

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Was that video done by North Korea's propaganda department? You can't attack police officer with Molotov cocktails and expect them not to fight back. That video is portraying the police as the bad guys and protesters as heros, when its really the other way around.

So your saying the police are the good guys? How's that?

[scorecard]

Many will say the Red Shirts are responsible. But they are more than just Red Shirts who hate Suthep and his southern thugs coming to their city and destroying it. Many citizens of the city are upset and angry and can't take it anymore.

So the protestors are all thugs and all come from the South.

I guess your a selective reader.

[Thait Spot]

I thought it said 2 were shot, but the article says one shot and one hit from a fragment of a bomb. Well that what they get from brining people from the deep south up there. And more will happen.

Are you saying that northerners can come to Bangkok but not southerners?

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[newcomer71]

Until for Thai people (and many posters here) will be My team against your team, is only destined to get worse.

[jackrich]

Watch this before it's removed:

"

Was that video done by North Korea's propaganda department? You can't attack police officer with Molotov cocktails and expect them not to fight back. That video is portraying the police as the bad guys and protesters as heros, when its really the other way around.

So your saying the police are the good guys? How's that?

Because they do their job?

They are supposed to prevent thugs from destroying property and prevent thugs from throwing Molotov cocktails in the middle of the day in the city.

Get it?

[Thait Spot]

Many will say the Red Shirts are responsible. But they are more than just Red Shirts who hate Suthep and his southern thugs coming to their city and destroying it. Many citizens of the city are upset and angry and can't take it anymore.

What nonsense.

Destroyed the city? Rubbish.

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