Flashermac Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Rescue planned for hundreds of students trapped in RU Security authorities are preparing evacuation plan for hundreds of people, most of them Ramkamhaeng University students, who were still stranded in the university compound since last night following fatal crashes. The rescue teams are working against time as they want to complete the work before dusk. Ramkamhaeng University rector Wutthisak Larpcharoensab had claimed that there were snipers hiding in the university compound last night who shot the students. He said he had sought help from police last night when he learnt the students were trapped inside the compound and were targeted by the snipers. However, no police provided help. The teams expected to finish drafting the plan within an hour. The plan would include sending convoys of vehicles which would be escorted by army trucks into the compound to pick up the students. Soldiers accompanying the trucks will carry no arms. The clashes between red shirt supporters and Ramkamhaeng students last night claimed at least two victims and injured many others. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Rescue-planned-for-hundreds-of-students-trapped-in-30221053.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Chairman of university presidents council deplores education minister's inaction over attacks against Ramkhamhaeng students The chairman of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) Sunday criticised Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang for declining to help Ramkhamhaeng University students when they were attacked by the red-shirt demonstrators. Thammasat University Rector Somkit Lertpaithoon, the CUPT chairman, said Chaturon ignored the call for help from the Ramkhamhaeng University rector, but he instead made a speech on the stage of the red-shirt rally in the Rajamangala stadium. Somkit said Chaturon did not come out from the stadium to stop the red-shirt attacks. "As the supervisor of universities, he should have stopped the violence and he has power to do so. I don't understand why it happened so. The education minister has done nothing at all," Somkit said. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Chairman-of-university-presidents-council-deplores-30221051.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flashermac Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Police start firing rubber bullets at protesters at First Army Division Intersection TNN 24 reported at 3:38pm that police at the First Army Division Intersection has started using rubber bullets to try to fend off advancing protesters. A reporter of the station reported from the field that police and sprayed water cannon at the protesters and the reporters noticed that the water looked purple. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Police-start-firing-rubber-bullets-at-protesters-a-30221078.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 A reporter of the station reported from the field that police and sprayed water cannon at the protesters and the reporters noticed that the water looked purple. Dye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Thai Protests Enter Volatile New Phase After Fatal Shootings BANGKOK — Thailand’s week of antigovernment demonstrations entered a dangerous and volatile phase on Sunday after shootings involving rival political camps left at least four people dead and more than 50 wounded. Many areas of Bangkok, the sprawling metropolis that is a major hub of commerce and travel in Southeast Asia, remained unaffected by the demonstrations. But the shootings and the increasingly provocative moves by protesters spread fears that unrest could move beyond the pockets of the capital where protests — and violence — have raged. As protesters traveled through the city by motorcycle and on foot Sunday, vowing to shut down additional government buildings, Bangkok’s largest shopping malls, which normally teem with visitors on weekends, hastily announced that they were closing their doors for the day. Nearly 3,000 soldiers began arriving in the capital to shore up key government buildings. Protesters are pursuing the quixotic goal of ridding the country of the influence of Thaksin Shinawatra, a billionaire tycoon and former prime minister whose political party has captured the allegiance of voters in the countryside, winning every election since 2001. The protesters say they are frustrated with the dominance of Mr. Thaksin and are disillusioned with the current democratic system. They have proposed an alternative to the country’s democracy, an ill-defined people’s council made up of representatives from many professions. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is Mr. Thaksin’s youngest sister, repeatedly said over the weekend that she was open to discussions with protesters but that she would stand firm. “I will remain here,†she told reporters Saturday, her voice cracking with emotion. “I will not flee anywhere. I may be a woman, but I have the courage to face all possible scenarios.†After raiding and occupying the Finance Ministry last week, protesters on Sunday sought to capture Ms. Yingluck’s office. Police have fortified the area with concrete barriers and razor wire, which protesters partly dismantled under the watch of riot police officers who fired tear gas into the crowd. The police pleaded with protesters before launching tear gas, according to The Associated Press. “We’re all brothers and sisters,†the police shouted through a loudspeaker, according to The A.P. “Please don’t try to come in!†Embassies in Bangkok issued warnings to their citizens Sunday, many ratcheting up the relatively mild caution they advised last week. The French Embassy sent a message that advised Bangkok residents to avoid “any unnecessary trips.†Over the past week, protesters have broken down the gates to the army headquarters, cut power to the police headquarters and occupied parts of a large government complex that houses Thailand’s equivalent of the F.B.I. On Sunday, they massed outside of television stations around Bangkok and demanded that the stations, including one owned by the military, switch their signal to a network associated with the protests. Protesters also raided a state-owned telecommunications office, temporarily cutting Internet service to thousands of people and shutting down for several hours the website of the state carrier, Thai Airways. Led by a former deputy prime minister, Suthep Thaugsuban, the protesters are a diverse group, ranging from upper-class Thais who have attended rallies in high heels and office attire to rubber farmers from southern Thailand who have long been allied with the opposition Democratic Party, which itself is affiliated with the protests. The shootings on Saturday and in the early hours of Sunday occurred near a stadium packed with tens of thousands of government supporters known as red shirts. Red shirts traveling to the stadium were attacked by young men who wore the symbols of the antigovernment demonstrators — whistles and arm bands with the national flag. Those attacks led to shootings between both camps. The protests are the biggest since 2010, when the military dispersed tens of thousands of protesters occupying Bangkok’s commercial district, a violent crackdown that left more than 90 people dead. Thailand has suffered seven years of on-and-off unrest since Mr. Thaksin, who was prime minister from 2001 to 2006, was removed from power in a military coup. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/world/asia/thailand-protests.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Not an official curfew - http://www.bangkokpo...nside-from-10pm http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/CAPO-advises-people-not-to-leave-house-between-10p-30221115.html People are advised not to stay outside from 10pm to 5am, Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) said Sunday. Deputy Prime Minister and CAPO chief Pracha Promnok said the government agencies would open as usual tomorrow. Rally leader Suthep Thaugsuban called for government officials not to come work on Monday and that the state media stopped reporting government news. "Suthep doesn’t have power to tell state media to report what he wanted," Pracha said. Pracha was speaking in a press conference with deputy prime ministers; Phongthep Thepkanjana, Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Plodprasob Suraswadi, and Kittiratt Naranong. Pracha said the situation is under control and the government was willing to listen to all sides in order to restore peace to the country.Public "urged" to stay inside from 22:00 to 05:00 am tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Suthep says he met Yingluck, chiefs of three armed forces Suthep Thaugsuban, the supreme leader of the anti-government protest, said late Sunday night that he met the prime minister and the commanders-in-chief of the three armed forces. Suthep said he met the four about an hour before he made an announcement. He said he held no negotiation with Yingluck, but he told her that her government had lost legitimacy since the day it announced that it would not accept the Constitutional Court's ruling. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Suthep-says-he-met-Yingluck-chiefs-of-three-armed--30221120.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Army chief tells Suthep, Yingluck armed forces do not want to see casualties Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha told protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban and Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra that the armed forces did not want to see the people killed or injured. Prayuth said during a meeting of Suthep and Yingluck that the armed forces would stand by the country. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Army-chief-tells-Suthep-Yingluck-armed-forces-do-n-30221122.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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