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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 [...]

Red Shirt Rally Riles Retailers Many thousands of Thai red-shirt protesters blocked a major crossroads in the capital’s business area on Saturday, stopping traffic and closing shopping malls, as they persisted in their crusade to force Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to immediately disband the House of Representatives. Leaders of the United Front for Democracy against [...]

Red Shirts Deliver a Letter to Clinton A leader of Thailand’s United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), Weng Tojirakarn, submitted a correspondence to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton through a political affairs administrator of the United States embassy on Friday. In the note, the UDD thanked Mrs Clinton for saying she respected the [...]

Abhisit Offers to Disband House and Hold Elections in Nine Months The Thai government’s offer for a House disbanding in nine months is open to discussion, but there must be an improved political climate and clear election regulations before the country goes to the polls, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters on Thursday. He maintained [...]

Yellow shirts, Red shirts, Here Come the Pink shirts A large number of Thai citizens wearing pink shirts, including tour operators, assembled at the entry to Lumpini Park on Friday and issued a statement calling on campaigners on all sides to stick to peaceful means in promoting their various causes. Led by Pol Gen Vasit [...]

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 [...]

Red Shirts Getting Rowdier, Invade Government Buildings Red-shirt demonstrators 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 limit. They later left the [...]