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http://www.todayonline.com/world/asi...wntown-bangkok (http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/gunfire-night-becomes-new-norm-downtown-bangkok)
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Gunfire by night becomes new norm in downtown Bangkok
A child waves as he gathers with others during a rally outside the Royal Thai Police headquarters in central Bangkok, Feb 26, 2014. Photo: Reuters
Protestors target police HQ, but fail to get inside
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PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 26, 6:58 PM(PAGE 1 OF 2) - NEXT PAGE | SINGLE PAGE
BANGKOK — Shots fired by unknown gunmen today (Feb 26) rattled parts of the Thai capital where anti-government protesters have set up camp for weeks, with small but occasionally deadly bombs and gunfire fast becoming the new norm in the city.
No one was wounded in the shootings in the central commercial area of Bangkok, although five people were killed in weekend violence in the city and the eastern province of Trat, four of them young children.
National security chief Paradorn Pattanathabutr said there had been no reported deaths or injuries in the incidents in the early hours today.
“As for the perpetrators, we still don’t know who they are,” he told Reuters. “Recently we have been seeing more incidents like this happening more frequently ... It is noticeable that there are incidents like this every day.”
The protesters, whose disruption of a general election this month left polarised Thailand in political paralysis, want to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and erase the influence of her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, seen by many as the real power in the country.
Occasional contact between the two sides, amid calls for an end to the violence, has so far led to nothing.
Bluesky TV, the protesters’ station, showed demonstrators pushing against the wrought iron gates of the national police headquarters in Bangkok, demanding the proper investigation of more than 20 deaths since the beginning of the protests.
They did not get into the compound and dispersed in the early afternoon.
The protesters have vilified the police as lackeys of Thaksin, a former police officer who went on to build a telecoms empire.
“We want the police to do their job honestly and straightforwardly,” said Mr Anchalee Paireerak, a protest leader and former television news anchor. “We urge them to stop serving the Thaksin regime and join our movement.”
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http://www.todayonline.com/world/asi...wntown-bangkok (http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/gunfire-night-becomes-new-norm-downtown-bangkok)
Shiok Shiok lawlessness…
Why not?
Gunfire by night becomes new norm in downtown Bangkok
A child waves as he gathers with others during a rally outside the Royal Thai Police headquarters in central Bangkok, Feb 26, 2014. Photo: Reuters
Protestors target police HQ, but fail to get inside
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PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 26, 6:58 PM(PAGE 1 OF 2) - NEXT PAGE | SINGLE PAGE
BANGKOK — Shots fired by unknown gunmen today (Feb 26) rattled parts of the Thai capital where anti-government protesters have set up camp for weeks, with small but occasionally deadly bombs and gunfire fast becoming the new norm in the city.
No one was wounded in the shootings in the central commercial area of Bangkok, although five people were killed in weekend violence in the city and the eastern province of Trat, four of them young children.
National security chief Paradorn Pattanathabutr said there had been no reported deaths or injuries in the incidents in the early hours today.
“As for the perpetrators, we still don’t know who they are,” he told Reuters. “Recently we have been seeing more incidents like this happening more frequently ... It is noticeable that there are incidents like this every day.”
The protesters, whose disruption of a general election this month left polarised Thailand in political paralysis, want to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and erase the influence of her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, seen by many as the real power in the country.
Occasional contact between the two sides, amid calls for an end to the violence, has so far led to nothing.
Bluesky TV, the protesters’ station, showed demonstrators pushing against the wrought iron gates of the national police headquarters in Bangkok, demanding the proper investigation of more than 20 deaths since the beginning of the protests.
They did not get into the compound and dispersed in the early afternoon.
The protesters have vilified the police as lackeys of Thaksin, a former police officer who went on to build a telecoms empire.
“We want the police to do their job honestly and straightforwardly,” said Mr Anchalee Paireerak, a protest leader and former television news anchor. “We urge them to stop serving the Thaksin regime and join our movement.”
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Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?175953-SG-must-learn-Thailand-now-a-Paradise-for-bloody-political-settlement&goto=newpost).