The Public Health Ministry announced Tuesday that 123 people were injured and two were killed in political violence throughout Monday.
Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai told a press conference that 71 injured people had been treated and discharged from hospitals and 50 others were still being treated inside 9 hospitals.
Channel 11 reported that at 11:04 am Tuesday, Veera Musigapong, a red-shirted leader, told the protesters at the Government House to disperse.
Weng Tojitrakan, another red-shirted leader, asked soldiers to move back by 20 metres so that the protesters could pick up their belongings and disperse.
Veera told the crowd that the voluntarily dispersing was not a defeat of the red-shirted movement but was aimed at protecting the life of the protesters.
The leaders were also reportedly saying they were willing to surrender to the police following rioting over the past few days leading to many injuries and at least two persons killed.
No immediate movement of the crowd at Government House has been reported.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has announced during a TV Pool programme at 11.30 am that police arrested three suspects Monday night who allegedly were involved in arson plots against key places including Bangkok Bank headquarters and a CP building.
One of the suspects made confession. Senior officers accompanying Suthep at the press announcement said the three were arrested with pistols, bullets and a lot of petrol. The "evidence" was shown at the TV pool press announcement.
US condemns Thai violence by pro-Thaksin protests
The United States on Monday condemned violence by red shirted protesters in Thailand and urged Americans visiting Bangkok to exercise caution.
State Department spokesman Robert Wood told US media the US is watching events "very closely" in Thailand, where pro-Thaksin protesters battled soldiers and Bangkok residents.
The United States condemned "this unacceptable violence by the protesters," Wood said.
He said the United States urged the "protesters and their leaders to foreswear additional... use of violence, to exercise their right to assembly, but... to do so... peacefully."
"Our desire to see tensions reduced and for there not to be violence -- that's something that certainly the government of Thailand knows is the position of the United States," he said.
The State Department warned citizens visiting Thailand that "demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence."
"American citizens are therefore urged to avoid the areas of demonstrations and to exercise caution anywhere in Bangkok," it said in a message to US travelers.
3 comments:
I don't imagine that countries in southeast Asia are almost full of dictatorship.
I see the sign of communism that is rooted more deeply in Asia. So sad that the democracy is so plummeted...
From now on, don't laugh at Hun Sen na!!!
It's conspiracy against Thaksin all the way to the top- the king. When the yellow shirt (PAD) staged a very long and damaging protests by shutting down the airports, the army and the police didn't take actions against them, but instead the court dissolved the pro-Thaksin government. The yellow sirt protesters were from the urban elites, while the red shirt-pro-Thanksin protesters are from rural areas. Now it is urban versus rural people- it's like a revolution.
Absolutely, right!!!
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