I stay at home today beside out lunch with friends very quickly! Not so far from my house though. I am so thankful that my house is far from all these are/were happening in Bangkok. It is sad and bad to see such a wonderful, colourful, peaceful country turning into turmoil.
It remind me the day similar problem starting in Rangoon. I think it was 1986. I remembered I was standing by the big glass door at the US Embassy (where I worked), and looked out the people running around on the streets. I was one of them!!! One day I was walking from the Embassy to Inya Myaing Road for may be..... more than one hours. It was such a long walk and painful.
The different I see here is................. the Burmese Army shot and killed lots of people but the Thai Army was very gentle.
It is sad to see a police man died yesterday. In USA if one of your fellow police falled the rest will get you well. I have not seen such unity in other country/countries.
Robins bought some rice, noodle, water, etc................ yesterday on the way back from the office. People expected there will be something going to happen last night but was nothing.
Well lets see what is this heading to for how long...........................???
"10.30am: Kwanchai Praipana leads 2,000 red shirts on a march, along with a convoy of trucks and motorcycles, from Rajprasong intersection to Thai Market in Pathum Thani. The march is seen as an act of defiance against the Emergency Decree. The reds say they want to show moral support for the 11 protesters arrested for blocking traffic.
12.20pm: The procession arrives at Lat Phrao junction at the mouth of Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, a main route linking the capital to Pathum Thani province.
1pm: The reds travel past Don Mueang Airport before Kwanchai orders a halt about 2 kilometres from the National Monument, where cordons of riot forces are waiting to block the procession. The tail-end of the red procession is near the Air Force headquarters.
Kwanchai dispatches a team of motorcycle riders to break the security line, as riot forces order newsmen and bystanders to leave the scene.
1.30pm: Negotiations between the reds and the riot forces reportedly collapse. Clashes erupt as the riot forces begin firing rubber bullets. Confusion ensues as some red shirts are seen armed, and the riot forces are authorised to fire live ammunition in self-defence.
1.40pm: Two helicopters fly over the scene presumably to monitor the clashes.
1.45pm: Red-shirt leader Wisa Kanthap makes an urgent plea from the Rajprasong rally site, urging the reds near National Monument to rush to reinforce their fellow protesters. Wisa also asks the reds at Rajprasong intersection to help defend their rally site for fear that the authorities might take advantage of the precarious situation by cracking down on ebbing crowds.
1.49pm: The red shirts at the end of the procession on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road seize a number of container trucks to block off inbound traffic in retaliation for the clashes.
2.09pm: Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Promphan calls for the reds on the march to return to Rajprasong. Another leader, Suporn Atthawong, says Kwanchai is on his way back to the main rally site.
2.20pm: Riot forces detain about 10 red shirts for provoking security personnel resting inside a school compound.
2.30pm: The situation remains tense as hundreds of red-shirt protesters continue to confront the riot forces despite Kwanchai apparently abandoning them. The remaining reds try to regroup and take over a petrol station nearby.
2.50pm: The riot forces launch crowd dispersal operations by firing more than 300 rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. There is a big commotion coinciding with a heavy downpour.
3.15pm: Riot forces move to gain control of the area previously occupied by the red shirts at the tail-end of the procession. A few protesters continue to linger on the elevated tollway, with some throwing ping-pong bombs to harass the riot forces.
3.25pm: The riot forces conduct a sweep of the tollway and a nearby overpass before securing the area and ending the stand-off.
5.19pm: Riot forces and the remaining red shirts agree to end the confrontation near Zeer Rangsit shopping mall.
5.25pm: Kwanchai appears at Rajprasong intersection, explaining how he wore a disguise and hopped into a taxi to escape. He claims Pheu Thai MP Chalerm Yoobamrung had alerted him about an imminent sniper attack. Chalerm denies ever calling Kwanchai.
5.40pm: Normalcy returns to Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road.
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