Flashermac Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Bangkok Post 10 May 2009 Police estimate that about 20,000 red-shirt supporters will turn up at the Wat Pai Kiew rally in Don Muang district today. Metropolitan Police Bureau commander Pol Maj-General Sarot Promcharoen said three companies of police officers would be deployed to procide security at the temple. Three checkpoints will be set up - on Ngamwongwan Road, Chaengwattana Road and outside the Don Muang district office. He said intelligence officials had not uncovered any move by a third party that could destabilise the rally. Red Shirt leaders have insisted the rally will be confined to the temple. A source said support for the Red Shirts in Ubon Ratchathani had dramatically decreased after realising they had been exploited for political and personal interest by politicians during the Songkran riots. They have decided not to join the rally today even though they had been urged to do so. Only canvassers for local politicians and ex-communists were expected to turn up. However, there have been more moves by the Red Shirts in the central region: protesters from Sing Buri, Ayutthaya, Sara Buri and Suphan Buri will converge on Lop Buri before banding together and moving to Don Muang. Pathum Thani Red Shirt leader Sombun Khunthongthai said more than 1,000 protesters, most of them government officials and community leaders from the province, would attend the rally today. He denied that they had been hired by politicians and said they were loyal supporters of the Red Shirts and would protest against the government's alleged double standards in running the country. PM Abhisit Vejjajiva's personal spokesman Thepthai Senapong said the Red Shirts had been trying to justify their rally by distorting the facts, even though society opposed the movement. He said the Red Shirt leaders did not care to mobilise protesters who have political ideology or educated but they were violent-prone. When the rally turn violent then the leaders blamed the third party. :question: [What does this mean in English???] Meanwhile, Pheu Thai Party MP for Chiang Mai Surapong Towichakchaikul said the party would distribute two million CDs at the Wat Pai Kiew rally today to counter charges that the Red Shirts had been the cause of the Songkran riots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Meanwhile, Pheu Thai Party MP for Chiang Mai Surapong Towichakchaikul said the party would distribute two million CDs at the Wat Pai Kiew rally today to counter charges that the Red Shirts had been the cause of the Songkran riots. Cute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Big storm today, I wonder if it dampened their ardour...I mean spirit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Did they show? This all becoming very Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Somebody came: Bangkok Post 10 May 2009 Jatuporn insists PM not in attacked car! United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader and opposition Puea Thai MP Jatuporn Promphan insisted today that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was trying to fabricate the evidence regarding the protesters' attack on his car last month. At the anti-government rally at Paikaew temple in Don Muang on Sunday evening, Mr Jatuporn reiterated his claim that Mr Abhisit was not inside his car when a group of protesters surrounded it at the Ministry of Interior on April 12. Mr Jatuporn told the UDD supporters that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would like them to show the true intentions of the Red Shirt group to the general public. :content: [color:red]In the evening, heavy rain disrupted the UDD rally, causing many Red Shirts to take shelter in the temple's pavilions or return home. [/color] The traffic around the area was also very heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Scrutinizer Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Mr Jatuporn seems to forget that the attack on the PMs car is on VDO tape. If Abhisit was not in the car why was the car being attacked by the red shirts? Obviously even though, maybe, I say maybe, Abhisit was not in the car, the red shirts still attacked that car thinking he WAS inside. Bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 As I recall, Abhisit was slightly injured on the arm. Apparently, Jatuporn is taking his lead from Goebbels. The bigger the lie, the more likely it is to be believed ... if said often enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Bangkok Post 10 May 2009 Red Shirts attract thousands to rally An estimated 10,000 protesters attended the biggest Red Shirt rally since the military cracked down on violent demonstrations a month ago. The Red Shirt supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra, the fugitive former prime minister, cheered when several leaders recently freed on bail after being arrested for inciting the riots appeared on stage. Supporters of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) forced the cancellation of the Asian Summit last month at Pattaya and then rampaged through Bangkok. Violence left two people dead and 123 injured, prompting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to declare emergency rule. Opposition legislator Jatuporn Prompan told the protesters gathered in pouring rain that they would "catch Abhisit's lies", raising a cheer from the crowd. He said they had a video which disproved Mr Abhisit's recent claim that he was in a car which was attacked by protesters during the Bangkok riots, an incident the prime minister said had made him fear for his life. Mr Jatuporn said the footage showed Mr Abhisit was in another vehicle at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Bangkok Post 11 May 2009 TEMPLE DENIES BACKING UDD, 450 POLICE TO PATROL DON MUANG The Red Shirt movement has shown it remains a force after about 20,000 protesters attended a rally yesterday called by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship. Taking to the stage were Veera Musikhapong, Natthawut Saikua and Weng Tojirakarn, UDD co-leaders speaking to supporters for the first time since being released on bail of 500,000 baht each on April 24 after the Songkran riots. The three are prohibited by the courts from instigating unrest, disturbing police investigations or leaving the country, and police were on hand to record their comments to check if they violated the court order. "These people were released on bail. We have to check whether any of their actions break the law," said Pol Maj Gen Saroj Promcharoen, commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Division 2 who supervised security at the demonstration. About 150 riot control police were stationed around the rally site. The Red Shirt meeting, the second since the movement's leaders called off their rally at Government House on April 14, started in the late afternoon at a ground near Wat Phai Khiew in Don Muang. The group plans another rally this month at Sanam Luang. Heavy rain forced a break for a few hours as the Red Shirt protesters sought shelter. But they returned once the rain stopped about 7pm to stand knee-deep in water in front of the main stage to listen to speakers and UDD leaders take turns addressing the crowd. Many speakers attacked the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration's handling of the crackdown on the Red Shirts from April 12-14. Video clips of crowd control operations were shown on screens. Two male protesters appeared on stage claiming they were shot by riot control officers at Din Daeng in the early hours of April 13. A video clip was also shown of an incident involving angry Red Shirt protesters attacking the prime minister's car in the compound of the Interior Ministry. Another Red Shirt leader, MP Jatuporn Prompan, claimed Mr Abhisit and Deputy Prime Minster Suthep Thaugsuban were not in the car that was attacked. [color:red]In his weekly TV address yesterday, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed disbelief the UDD would attempt to claim he was not in the car at the ministry.[/color] [color:red]Witnesses saw him get into the car, he said. "Trying to attack people is bad enough," he said. "Instead of showing sympathy for those being attacked, they [the UDD] make more accusations."[/color] [color:red]Mr Abhisit said he respected different opinions but the differences should be based on fact.[/color] UDD leader Weng attacked the government's crackdown on Red Shirt protesters, saying he had visited several injured protesters and many had gunshot wounds. "The military said they shot only blank bullets, but how come our people had real gunshot wounds?" asked Dr Weng. Shinawat Haboonpad, another UDD leader, said the government had failed to follow international protocol on crowd control during the Songkran rally. The government also practised a double-standard by allowing leaders of the rival People's Alliance for Democracy to continue their political activities while the UDD leaders were denied the same right. Since the government is still blocking the signal of DStation - the Red Shirts' major communication channel - the UDD leaders have to meet their supporters at small gatherings countrywide, starting in Lop Buri and Khon Kaen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 I wonder if these clowns have any idea what a wound from a military bullet looks like. Let's see them, Redniks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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