Protester shot near Bangkok Chaeng Wattana rally site

[webfact]

Protester from Nakhon Si Thammarat shot near Chaeng Wattana rally site
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- A protester was shot and seriously injured while he was guarding a barrier at the Chaeng Wattana rally site late Sunday night, police said.

Pol Col Charoen Srisalak, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Divison 2, said Samrarn Chanthong-on, 36 a Nakhon Si Thammarat resident, was shot at around midnight.

Charoen said eyewitnesses told police that man was shot by a motorcyclist who stopped at the barrier and talked to him briefly before a gunfire was heard.

Smararn was rushed to the Mongkut Wattana Hospital and was in safe condition. He was shot by a shot gun at his left shoulder.


-- The Nation 2014-01-13

[bangkokheat]

destructive forces of greed and power in action

[noikrit]

And again the BIBs do nothing .....

[sjjmmi]

And the games begin

[Yunla]

Smararn was rushed to the Mongkut Wattana Hospital and was in safe condition.

I wish him a swift recovery from his injuries.

[JRSoul]

Thaksin's little helpers - keeping Thailand's version of democracy safe.

[rijb]

destructive forces of greed and power in action

No. I think it was a gun.

[Curt1591]

Thaksin's little helpers - keeping Thailand's version of democracy safe.

Probably had absolutely nothing to do with politics. It was, most likely, some cyclist, with a bad temper, and a gun, confronting someone who would not let him pass through. People get shot for much less confrontational issues here.

[JRSoul]

Thaksin's little helpers - keeping Thailand's version of democracy safe.

Probably had absolutely nothing to do with politics. It was, most likely, some cyclist, with a bad temper, and a gun, confronting someone who would not let him pass through. People get shot for much less confrontational issues here.

Really? How many days in a row has there been a protester shot or had their house fire-bombed? Yet this "probably" has nothing to do with the protest.

[Rich teacher]

Thaksin's little helpers - keeping Thailand's version of democracy safe.

Suthep's hired Southern thugs instigating violence to prompt a coup.

Call your unsubstantiated rumour & raise you 1.

[poisonus]

I suggest people read the lead report in the Bangkok Post.

Emergency meeting being held between all military top brass in response to the two shootings last night, and to adjust their military deployment.

I hope they move the troops away from where the governments wants them (government buildings) and deploy them to protect the protesters seeing as the police have zero interest in doing it themselves. Even better, to discuss how far this will go before they move in and oust this bunch of jerks.

[Spare]

And again the BIBs do nothing .....

BiBs not allowed at protest sites.

Protesters don't want them there, too risky of BiB arresting leaders.

[ikke]

I suggest people read the lead report in the Bangkok Post.

Emergency meeting being held between all military top brass in response to the two shootings last night, and to adjust their military deployment.

I hope they move the troops away from where the governments wants them (government buildings) and deploy them to protect the protesters seeing as the police have zero interest in doing it themselves. Even better, to discuss how far this will go before they move in and oust this bunch of jerks.

Your friends protesters did choose to be there, knowing that it might be not safe, government people, buildings and workers, and all non-protesters should be protected.

I would never encourage killing, but giving Suthep the bullet he deserves would make my day.

[DocN]

Oh man...

Again: could it be "red shirts"?

Yup!

Do we have prove?

Nope!

It is likely, that all kinds of hooligans will crawl out of the woodwork and satisfy their own needs for violence.

Any dopehead on Yabaa could be the shooter...

[whybother]

I suggest people read the lead report in the Bangkok Post.

Emergency meeting being held between all military top brass in response to the two shootings last night, and to adjust their military deployment.

I hope they move the troops away from where the governments wants them (government buildings) and deploy them to protect the protesters seeing as the police have zero interest in doing it themselves. Even better, to discuss how far this will go before they move in and oust this bunch of jerks.

Your friends protesters did choose to be there, knowing that it might be not safe, government people, buildings and workers, and all non-protesters should be protected.

I would never encourage killing, but giving Suthep the bullet he deserves would make my day.

Why wouldn't it be safe? Didn't the police say they were going to protect both sides?

Are you also suggesting that it was the fault of the 80 protesters that were killed in 2010 because they chose to be there? Particularly then, they knew it wouldn't be safe as it was their own side were shooting to at the army, with the army shooting back. It wasn't some third hand just driving by and shooting protesters.

[Arkady]

Chalerm has been warning of a third hand. He seems quite knowledgeable in such matters.

[fab4]

I suggest people read the lead report in the Bangkok Post.

Emergency meeting being held between all military top brass in response to the two shootings last night, and to adjust their military deployment.

I hope they move the troops away from where the governments wants them (government buildings) and deploy them to protect the protesters seeing as the police have zero interest in doing it themselves. Even better, to discuss how far this will go before they move in and oust this bunch of jerks.

Your friends protesters did choose to be there, knowing that it might be not safe, government people, buildings and workers, and all non-protesters should be protected.

I would never encourage killing, but giving Suthep the bullet he deserves would make my day.

Why wouldn't it be safe? Didn't the police say they were going to protect both sides?

Are you also suggesting that it was the fault of the 80 protesters that were killed in 2010 because they chose to be there? Particularly then, they knew it wouldn't be safe as it was their own side were shooting to at the army, with the army shooting back. It wasn't some third hand just driving by and shooting protesters.

"Particularly then, they knew it wouldn't be safe as it was their own side were shooting to at the army, with the army shooting back."

What a shameless excuse, whybother. Did they deserve it then?

Like the people in the Wat, whybother, were there people shooting at the army from the Wat in 2010? I know that was the government line but do you still believe it.

Anyway your hypothesis suggests that all the UDD supporters who were shot and killed were amongst protesters that were firing at the Army, I don't think so.

80 odd dead and 2000 injured seems like a lot of collateral damage, doesn't it?

[fleeing]

I suggest people read the lead report in the Bangkok Post.

Emergency meeting being held between all military top brass in response to the two shootings last night, and to adjust their military deployment.

I hope they move the troops away from where the governments wants them (government buildings) and deploy them to protect the protesters seeing as the police have zero interest in doing it themselves. Even better, to discuss how far this will go before they move in and oust this bunch of jerks.

Your friends protesters did choose to be there, knowing that it might be not safe, government people, buildings and workers, and all non-protesters should be protected.

I would never encourage killing, but giving Suthep the bullet he deserves would make my day.

I try to avoid getting into these red vs. yellow slanging matches, but this is one of the most stupid things I have read on TV in a while.

If this is what passes for democratic thought amongst pro-government people, then Thailand would clearly be better served by a dictatorship.

Despicable.

[JRSoul]

I suggest people read the lead report in the Bangkok Post.

Emergency meeting being held between all military top brass in response to the two shootings last night, and to adjust their military deployment.

I hope they move the troops away from where the governments wants them (government buildings) and deploy them to protect the protesters seeing as the police have zero interest in doing it themselves. Even better, to discuss how far this will go before they move in and oust this bunch of jerks.

Your friends protesters did choose to be there, knowing that it might be not safe, government people, buildings and workers, and all non-protesters should be protected.

I would never encourage killing, but giving Suthep the bullet he deserves would make my day.

Lousy argument; that if you weren't there you wouldn't get shot. Citizens peacefully protesting don't lose the right to life; and shooting people doesn't become legal because you are doing it to protect red democracy (although an amnesty is possible).

[whybother]

Your friends protesters did choose to be there, knowing that it might be not safe, government people, buildings and workers, and all non-protesters should be protected.

I would never encourage killing, but giving Suthep the bullet he deserves would make my day.

Why wouldn't it be safe? Didn't the police say they were going to protect both sides?

Are you also suggesting that it was the fault of the 80 protesters that were killed in 2010 because they chose to be there? Particularly then, they knew it wouldn't be safe as it was their own side were shooting to at the army, with the army shooting back. It wasn't some third hand just driving by and shooting protesters.

"Particularly then, they knew it wouldn't be safe as it was their own side were shooting to at the army, with the army shooting back."

What a shameless excuse, whybother. Did they deserve it then?

Like the people in the Wat, whybother, were there people shooting at the army from the Wat in 2010? I know that was the government line but do you still believe it.

Anyway your hypothesis suggests that all the UDD supporters who were shot and killed were amongst protesters that were firing at the Army, I don't think so.

80 odd dead and 2000 injured seems like a lot of collateral damage, doesn't it?

I wasn't the one saying they deserved it. 'ikke' said the protester that was shot deserved it because he was there. That suggests that he also believes that the red shirt protesters deserve it because they were there. The difference being that the protester last night was shot by some third party, and not the army / police that in 2010 were fighting against an armed militia.

[slipperylobster]

destructive forces of greed and power in action

No. I think it was a gun.

Guns do not kill people...

They are inanimate objects with no ability to do evil.

[chainarong]

Not a very good start to a peaceful protest.,the brain dead are out there causing trouble, this seems to be a fashionable thing to do in Thailand , pity they didn't find a way forward to a return to a normal situation , having said that , I wounder what is normal for Thailand these day's

[rijb]

destructive forces of greed and power in action

No. I think it was a gun.

Guns do not kill people...

They are inanimate objects with no ability to do evil.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[webfact]

Two men shot

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's Erawan Medical Emergency Services Center, as of 00.46 am, on Monday reported that a 30-year-old man was shot at his neck near Chang Wattana Road. He is now being undergone treatment at Mongkut Wattana Hospital as he as lost a lot of blood.

Meanwhile, Springnews television station reported via its twitter that a man was shot near the barricade of anti-government demonstration at Soi 14 on Chang Wattana Road.


-- The Nation 2014-01-13

[wprime]

I suggest people read the lead report in the Bangkok Post.

Emergency meeting being held between all military top brass in response to the two shootings last night, and to adjust their military deployment.

I hope they move the troops away from where the governments wants them (government buildings) and deploy them to protect the protesters seeing as the police have zero interest in doing it themselves. Even better, to discuss how far this will go before they move in and oust this bunch of jerks.

Your friends protesters did choose to be there, knowing that it might be not safe, government people, buildings and workers, and all non-protesters should be protected.

I would never encourage killing, but giving Suthep the bullet he deserves would make my day.

Why wouldn't it be safe? Didn't the police say they were going to protect both sides?

Are you also suggesting that it was the fault of the 80 protesters that were killed in 2010 because they chose to be there? Particularly then, they knew it wouldn't be safe as it was their own side were shooting to at the army, with the army shooting back. It wasn't some third hand just driving by and shooting protesters.

Yes the dead red shirts have only themselves to blame. Their leader openly told them he planned a terrorist attack on Bangkok, if they still continue to support him then they too are terrorists.

[DGIE]

Thaksin's little helpers - keeping Thailand's version of democracy safe.

Probably had absolutely nothing to do with politics. It was, most likely, some cyclist, with a bad temper, and a gun, confronting someone who would not let him pass through. People get shot for much less confrontational issues here.

Yeah,

people who are not in either side (anti or pro-government) are now irritated with the hassle those demonstrators are doing on the roads.

[Scamper]

I wonder if the international community has caught on that it is very dangerous to protest against this administration ?

[qdinthailand]

I try to avoid getting into these red vs. yellow slanging matches, but this is one of the most stupid things I have read on TV in a while.

If this is what passes for democratic thought amongst pro-government people, then Thailand would clearly be better served by a dictatorship.

Despicable.

Call me confused.

Which pro-government people are you talking about? The pro-monarchist's (yellows) who want to bring down the constitutionally elected government, or the populist people (reds) who want to protect their constitutionally elected representative government against an unelected, non-representative form of government?

They each claim to be pros.

[qdinthailand]

Thaksin's little helpers - keeping Thailand's version of democracy safe.

Probably had absolutely nothing to do with politics. It was, most likely, some cyclist, with a bad temper, and a gun, confronting someone who would not let him pass through. People get shot for much less confrontational issues here.

Yeah,

people who are not in either side (anti or pro-government) are now irritated with the hassle those demonstrators are doing on the roads.

god, what's going on in Thailand is about the same as going on throughout Africa. Graft and corruption were not invented by Thais. Graft and corruption comes with greed and power. It's the nature of the beast, and what happens when those out of power for years do when they finally get power.

Perhaps anarchy ala Noam Chomski would be the best solution. No central government - only localized back and forth among the people, doing what's in their own narrow, self-interest?

That would sure be hell for us expats!

Edited January 13, 2014 by qdinthailand

[DocN]

Chalerm has been warning of a third hand. He seems quite knowledgeable in such matters.

A five year old child would be "knowledgeable" on this matter...