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hej, skal du en tur til bangkok på mandag d.13-01-2014, så kig på kortet og undgå de steder

The busy Pathumwan intersection will be the venue for the main anti-government rally stage on Jan 13, the day of the mass shutdown of Bangkok, while the Democracy Monument site will be closed, the People's Democratic Reform Committee announced on Thursday night.
http://www.bangko...rally-site

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hjemmelavede skudsikker veste hvad bliver det næste en fredeligt demonstrant får brug for


Thai anti-government protesters ready to shut down Bangkok

Anti-government protesters in Thailand are getting ready for a day of action next week that they say will see the Thai capital shut down. But what are they doing and can they really bring Bangkok to its knees?

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fredelige demonstranter nogle er, andre er ikke, de (røde) angriber med våben


At least six injured in two shooting incidents near Democracy Monument rally site
http://www.nation...24031.html


Injuries in Pathum Thani clash
Group of red shirts attack pdrc supporters inviting people to join rally on Monday
http://www.nation...24014.html

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hej
i følge Bangkok post er de hjemmelavede skudsikker veste Ikke fem potter pis værd

se selv

Anti-government protesters across the capital are donning makeshift bulletproof vests reinforced with X-ray film to protect themselves from potential violence. But experts are warning that demonstrators could be putting their lives at risk after aBangkok Post Sunday test revealed the crude vests are virtually useless. Video by Jetjaras Na Ranong.

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hej

interessant læsning

The Shinawatras will not go down without a fight

The endgame in our political battle arrives on Monday, when "Occupy Bangkok" begins. Anti-government protesters will "shut down" the capital until caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is forced out of office. At this point, amid Thailand's largest-ever mass demonstrations, the Shinawatras are doomed to lose the battle and eventually the war. But at what cost?

Before we answer this question, let's consider some key elements of the current political saga:

Thaksin Shinawatra, a fugitive from justice, will never see Thailand again now that the amnesty bill has been killed.

The Constitutional Court has blocked Pheu Thai's attempt to exert complete control over the Senate so that it might gain more influence over appointments to independent bodies.

The February 2 election, even if it is held, has been boycotted so effectively that it will not be able to produce enough MPs, including party-list members, to form a new parliament.

The Constitutional Court also struck down Pheu Thai's attempt to amend Article 190 of the charter so that the government could sign international agreements without the approval of Parliament. This ruling prevents the government from handing over the U-tapao military base to the US without an open debate and approval in Parliament. Moreover, it kills Thaksin's reported multibillion-dollar secret oil deals involving international parties in the Gulf of Thailand.

The Bt2-trillion borrowing package, as well as the Bt350-billion flood-prevention project, will never see the light of the day as they run into the brick wall erected by the judicial branch.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will be going after the Pheu Thai politicians and others embroiled in the massive corruption of the rice-pledging scheme, the water project, and their seemingly illegal attempt to amend the charter.

The Constitutional Court's rulings have far-reaching implications since government-backed politicians will be charged by the NACC and will not be able to stand in future elections. In one swoop, the governing party has once again been purged.

From the above, it is clear that Thaksin and Yingluck have lost the legal battle. There is no chance that their returning to political power, except via a coup.

Moreover, recent events have shown that the support they enjoyed from both the military and the police has weakened. Army Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has had a change of heart. After backing the Yingluck government all along, Prayuth this week came out to signal that the military would support the people. He warned a "third party" not to use violence against the protesters. He also said that the Yingluck government would bear full responsibility for any injuries among protesters.

Police Chief Adul Saengsingkaew has also come out to distance himself from the Din Daeng incident, in which a civilian and a policeman were killed during violent clashes in December that also left many others injured. Adul said he was not responsible for giving the order to shoot in Din Daeng, where the Election Commission was organising registration of political parties. Adul also admitted that the black-clad individuals believed to have fired live bullets into the crowd from the rooftop of the Labour Ministry nearby were police officers. Following Adul's remarks, the police forces, traditionally a power base of the Shinawatras, were in disarray as a furious round of finger-pointing broke out. Now, the police might not dare to employ force against the protesters.

But who knows? Thaksin will not yield power until the very end. If he were to lose the war in the upcoming days and weeks, he, the Shinawatras and their cronies will lose their power, and won't be able to make a comeback. Many now fear that violence is unavoidable as the pro-Thaksin camp will come out to defend the government and challenge the Suthep Thaugsuban-led Occupy movement. The latest information suggests it might not end quickly. If that is the case, it might also end ugly.


http://www.nation...23878.html

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The Asia Society has named Thai protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban as its Person of the Year for 2013.

"Thai politician Suthep Thaugsuban dominated our year-end reader poll for Asia's Person of the Year 2013 -- in dramatic, come-from-behind fashion," the US-based group said on its website.

Mr Suthep finished ahead of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl whose fight for education rights nearly cost her her life at the hands of Taliban thugs. He earned 116,000 votes, or nearly 88% of the total.

The online reader poll is not scientific and the society even acknowledged that ballot-stuffing is possible.

"During the first two days of the year, our poll page received more than 172,000 page views," it said. "Nearly 165,000 of those visits originated in Thailand. Most of the traffic came from Facebook and a handful of Thai message boards. At one point, [Suthep] had around 97% of the total vote."

Campaigning to uproot the influence of Thaksin Shinawatra, his family and associates from Thai politics, Mr Suthep has massed some of the largest demonstrations ever seen in Bangkok, prompting the dissolution of parliament and a snap election on Feb 2.

Suthep has called for a "Bangkok shutdown" campaign starting on Monday to force caretaker premier Yingluck Shinawatra to resign to pave the way for his political reform agenda.

The Asia Society is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to educating the world about Asia.

http://www.bangko...f-the-year

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City shutdown begins



Bangkok shutdown has begun more than 12 hours earlier than expected as protesters started blocking several major access points. Late Sunday afternoon they set up stages and road blocks at Pathumwan and Lat Phrao intersections and Chaeng Wattana Road and Victory Monument.

http://www.bangko...k-shutdown


First casualty: Shots fired, man down

http://www.bangko...d-man-down

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Der spilles skak , hvem vinder ((11((

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jeg elsker de satire tegninger :TUP

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Efter de oplysninger , jeg har fået fra nogen i Bangkok, så gik det rimelig nemt at komme ind i de nævnte områder.

men man skal jo nok ikke tro på alt, man får at vide!