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Red Shirt Marchers Enter Forbidden Zones Thousands of Thai red-shirt marchers moved into no-go zones proclaimed by the government on Tuesday afternoon, reversing an earlier pronouncement to stay away from the areas to avoid possible clashes with security forces A red fleet made up of motorcycles and trucks moved into Silom and Sathon roads in [...]

Red Shirts Plan to Enter Forbidden Zones Thai Red-shirts will on Tuesday move to 11 areas where they are forbidden from entering, group leader Nattawut Saikua announced on Monday evening. He made the announcement after the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) announced on Sunday that the demonstrators are proscribed from entering [...]

Rowdy Red Shirts Enter Government Buildings Thai Red-shirt activists forced their way into the building where the Election Commission has its offices in the government compound on Chaeng Wattana Road on Monday afternoon after their demand to convene with EC secretary-general Apichart Sukkhakanont was not met by their 2pm time frame. They later pulled out [...]

Hun Sen Arrives in Hua Hin Thai Prime minister Abhisit’s nemesis, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Hua Hin on Sunday morning to partake in the first Mekong River Commission summit. The affair is being held at the Hyatt Regency hotel, from April 2 through the 5th. Seven squads of police and soldiers have [...]

Abhisit Politely Requests Red shirts to Leave Bangkok Commercial District Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva asked the red-shirt demonstrators to abide by the constitution, leave Ratchaprasong crossroads and return to their main protest site at Phan Fa Bridge. “Staging a mass demonstration in the middle of the road violates the rights of others and is [...]

Mass Arrests of Red Shirts Possible Thailand’s Red Shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) Saturday night disobeyed the government’s order to leave the Ratchaprasong intersection at 9pm, raising the possibility of mass arrests under a harsh security law. The Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) last night proclaimed that red [...]

Shopping District Suffers Losses Due to Rally Bangkok businesses could lose two or three hundred million baht in income today because of the anti-government gathering blocking Ratchaprasong intersection, Thanawat Polwichai, director of the Economic and Business Broadcasting Center at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce, announced on Saturday. “Ratchaprasong is a key business center [...]

Democrat Party Warns of Red Shirt Violence Thai Democrat Party deputy spokesman Warong Dejkijvikrom said on Wednesday afternoon that there is a strong likelihood of violent behavior during the red-shirt mass gathering against the Democrat-led administration on Saturday, Mr Warong said he based his forecast on a report that key members of the pro-Thaksin United [...]