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Red Shirts end Sunday demonstration without violence
BANGKOK, Oct 10 – Supporters of the United Front for Democracy against
Dictatorship (UDD) dispersed from the capital's Democracy Monument and Ratchadamnoen Avenue Sunday evening, ending their activities to commemorate the loss of lives during the April-May political turmoil.
The Red Shirts lit red candles at Democracy Monument around 6pm before
beginning to vacate the area peacefully and reopening traffic lanes after
a number of demonstrators spilled into traffic lanes Sunday afternoon causing traffic congestion in the area.
The demonstrators began gathering Sunday morning at the King Rama VI
Monument at Lumpini Park, making offerings to Buddhist monks in memory of
the slain army officer Army specialist Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, also
known as Seh Daeng and to others killed in the area.
Police tightened security as the protesters moved from Ratchaprasong
intersection to the Victory Monument and the Democracy Monument on
Ratchadamneon Avenue and laid flowers at locations where Red Shirts
clashed with the military.
Overall the conduct of the Sunday demonstration was in order and there
was no violation of law, the police said.
The state of emergency is still in effect in Bangkok and three adjacent provinces including Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani.
The Cabinet on Tuesday extended the state of emergency imposed in
Bangkok and its three adjacent provinces since April for another three
months, to maintain law and order following intelligence reports which
projected continuing disturbances in the areas.
The Red Shirts, supporters of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, held a mass
rally in Bangkok from March to May, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva dissolve Parliament and call new elections.
Ratchaprasong, Bangkok’s prime business area, was a scene of disorder four
months ago when security forces moved against the UDD protesters who had
staged rally.
Eighty-nine persons were killed, and at least 1,900 were wounded during
the two months of confrontations before the protest ended on May 19. (MCOT online news)
Dictatorship (UDD) dispersed from the capital's Democracy Monument and Ratchadamnoen Avenue Sunday evening, ending their activities to commemorate the loss of lives during the April-May political turmoil.
The Red Shirts lit red candles at Democracy Monument around 6pm before
beginning to vacate the area peacefully and reopening traffic lanes after
a number of demonstrators spilled into traffic lanes Sunday afternoon causing traffic congestion in the area.
The demonstrators began gathering Sunday morning at the King Rama VI
Monument at Lumpini Park, making offerings to Buddhist monks in memory of
the slain army officer Army specialist Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, also
known as Seh Daeng and to others killed in the area.
Police tightened security as the protesters moved from Ratchaprasong
intersection to the Victory Monument and the Democracy Monument on
Ratchadamneon Avenue and laid flowers at locations where Red Shirts
clashed with the military.
Overall the conduct of the Sunday demonstration was in order and there
was no violation of law, the police said.
The state of emergency is still in effect in Bangkok and three adjacent provinces including Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani.
The Cabinet on Tuesday extended the state of emergency imposed in
Bangkok and its three adjacent provinces since April for another three
months, to maintain law and order following intelligence reports which
projected continuing disturbances in the areas.
The Red Shirts, supporters of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, held a mass
rally in Bangkok from March to May, demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva dissolve Parliament and call new elections.
Ratchaprasong, Bangkok’s prime business area, was a scene of disorder four
months ago when security forces moved against the UDD protesters who had
staged rally.
Eighty-nine persons were killed, and at least 1,900 were wounded during
the two months of confrontations before the protest ended on May 19. (MCOT online news)
