MADAyuMadyan | JohnnyAdam – 56 orang telah cedera, Polis Thailand menggunakan gas pemedih mata, meriam air dan peluru getah terhadap penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan, yang menuntut perdana menteri dan meletak jawatan. Perdana Menteri berkata tuntutan mereka adalah tidak mengikut perlembagaan.
“Kami seli antara penggunaan meriam air, gas pemedih mata dan peluru getah. Peluru getah yang digunakan dalam satu kawasan sahaja, dan itu adalah jambatan berhampiran ‘Government House,” polis kepada Reuters.
Penunjuk perasaan berkumpul semula di luar kawasan pejabat Perdana Menteri banyak mengurung pada hari Isnin dan berulang kali bertempur dengan perkhidmatan kesela-matan.
Thai police Crackdown on protesters As Government rejects
their demands (PHOTOS)
56 people have been injured as Thai police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets against anti-government protesters, who are demanding the premier and government step down. The premier says their demands are unconstitutional.
"We are alternating between the use of water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets. Rubber bullets are being used in one area only, and that is the bridge near Government House," the police told Reuters.
Protesters regrouped outside the heavily barricaded prime minister's office compound on Monday and repeatedly clashed with security services.
Penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan bertembung dengan polis rusuhan di luar ibu pejabat polis semasa perhimpunan berterusan di Bangkok pada 2 Disember 2013. (Anti-government protesters clash with riot police outside the police headquarters during an ongoing rally in Bangkok on December 2, 2013. (AFP Photo/Nicolas Asfouri – think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
Mereka membaling batu pada polis merobohkan wayar dan halangan konkrit. Keganasan Isnin terjadi kira-kira institusi utama: ‘Government House’ dan Parlimen dan Ibu Pejabat Polis Metropolitan pada suku bersejarah di ibu negara, yang merupakan destinasi pelancongan yang sangat popular.
Ia mengikuti hujung minggu maut kekacauan di Bangkok, dengan 3 orang terbunuh dan lebih 100 cedera.
They threw rocks at policemen and tore down wire and concrete barriers. Monday's violence took place around major institutions: Government House and Parliament and Metropolitan Police Headquarters in the historic quarter of the capital, which is very popular tourist destination.
It follows a deadly weekend of chaos in Bangkok, with three people killed and over 100 injured.
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Perdana Menteri Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra telah menolak panggilan penunjuk perasaan ‘untuk tidak dilantik “Majlis rakyat” untuk memilih pemimpin baru untuk negara. Perdana Menteri berkata “majlis rakyat” adalah sebuah badan yang tidak dipilih “orang baik” yang hampir akan menggantung sistem demokrasi di negara ini.
“Kami tidak tahu bagaimana untuk menjadikannya satu kenyataan. Sekarang kita tidak melihat apa-apa cara untuk menyelesaikan masalah di bawah perlembagaan,” katanya dalam 12 minit sidang akhbar televisyen.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters’ calls for an unelected "people's council" to pick a new leader for the country. The PM said a “people’s council” is an unelected body of “good people” that would virtually suspend the country’s democratic system.
“We don't know how to make it happen. Right now we don't see any way to resolve the problem under the constitution,” she said in a 12-minute televised news conference.
Sukarelawan membawa cedera penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan semasa demonstrasi di ‘Government House’ di Bangkok pada 2 Disember 2013. (Volunteers carry an injured anti-government protester during a demonstration at the Government House in Bangkok on December 2, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul – think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
Walau bagaimanapun, Perdana Menteri berkata kerajaan bersedia untuk “membuka setiap pintu” untuk rundingan. Yang datang selepas pemimpin bantahan, Suthep Thaugsuban, menyatakan beliau tidak akan berpuas hati dengan peletakan jawatan Yingluck atau pilihan raya baru.
“Jika ada apa-apa cara saya boleh mengembalikan keamanan Saya bersedia untuk melakukannya. Kerajaan tidak perlu berpegang kepada kuasa, kami hanya mahukan keamanan,” kata Shinawatra. Beliau juga memberitahu persidangan berita bahawa polis tidak akan menggunakan kekerasan terhadap penunjuk perasaan, yang nampaknya terbukti palsu kemudian.
Diambil secara keseluruhan, penyata penunjuk perasaan ‘dan kata-kata perdana menteri muncul untuk menunjukkan bahawa rundingan tidak akan berlaku bila-bila masa tidak lama lagi. Penunjuk perasaan yang kebanyakannya golongan pertengahan Bangkok penyokong pembangkang Parti Demokrat, mendesak peletakan jawatan Perdana Menteri, dengan mendakwa beliau adalah seorang proksi untuk abangnya: bekas Perdana Menteri Thaksin Shinawatra. Beliau yang telah digulingkan dalam rampasan kuasa tentera2006, dituduh rasuah yang berleluasa dan penyalahgunaan kuasa.
However, the premier said the government was willing to “open every door” for negotiation. That came after protest leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, indicated he wouldn’t be satisfied with Yingluck's resignation or new elections.
"If there is any way I can restore peace I am willing to do it. The government does not have to hold on to power, we only want peace," Shinawatra said. She also told the news conference that police would not use force against the protesters, which apparently proved false later.
Taken as a whole, the demonstrators’ statements and the premier’s words appear to indicate that negotiations aren’t going to take place any time soon. The protesters, mostly middle-class Bangkok supporters of the opposition Democrat Party, are demanding the prime minister’s resignation, claiming she is a proxy for her brother: former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. He was deposed in a 2006 military coup, accused of widespread corruption and abuse of power.
Penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan berdiri di belakang garis penunjuk perasaan lain (tidak kelihatan) bertempur dengan polis rusuhan di luar ibu pejabat polis semasa perhimpunan berterusan di Bangkok pada 2 Disember 2013. (Anti-government protesters stand behind a line of other protesters (not seen) clashing with riot police outside the police headquarters during an ongoing rally in Bangkok on December 2, 2013. (AFP Photo/Nicolas Asfouri – think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
Pergolakan di Thailand telah membawa kepada acara utama sukan antarabangsa dibatalkan di sana. Ia telah mengumumkan bahawa Race 2013 Juara-Juara tidak akan berlaku seperti yang dirancang pada 14-15 Disember di Bangkok. “Fikiran kita dengan orang-orang Thai dalam tempoh yang sukar ini dan kami ingin bahawa penyelesaian damai tidak lama lagi akan ditemui,” laman web rasmi acara itu bunyinya.
The unrest in Thailand has already led to a major international sport event being canceled there. It’s been announced that the 2013 Race of Champions would not take place as planned on December 14-15 in Bangkok. “Our thoughts are with the Thai people during this difficult period and we wish that a peaceful solution will soon be found,” the event’s official webpage reads.
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DRONE: Penunjuk perasaan Thailand cuba utk memecahkan tambak-menembak, POLIS
menjawab dengan meriam air . . .
JohnnyAdam – Courtesy: TheCyberJom - Polis menggunakan Gas pemedih mata dan meriam air di Bangkok pada 1 Disember dalam usaha untuk menyuraikan orang ramai penunjuk perasaan yang berkumpul di ibu pejabat Polis Diraja Thailand dan di ‘Government House’. Ia berkata orang ramai juga telah dikelilingi 3 stesen televisyen.
Video ini menunjukkan rakaman DRONE penunjuk perasaan dan pertempuran pasukan keselamatan di ‘Government House’ di Bangkok, di mana sekatan polis dapat dilihat dgn jelas.
Drone footage: Thailand protesters try to break barricades,
police Answer with Water Cannons . . .
Courtesy: TheCyberJom - Police used tear gas and water cannons in Bangkok on December 1 in an effort to disperse crowds of protesters who had gathered at the headquarters of the Royal Thai Police and at Government House. It said crowds had also surrounded three television stations.
These videos show drone footage of protesters and security force clashes at the Government House in Bangkok, where police barricades can be seen.
Perdana
Menteri Thai panggilan utk mengadakan perbincangan sebagai polis menggunakan
peluru getah ke atas penunjuk perasaan . . .
JohnnyAdam – Perdana Menteri Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra berkata pada hari Isnin dia akan “membuka setiap pintu” untuk mencari penyelesaian secara aman kepada krisis politik semasa, beribu-ribu penunjuk perasaan mengambil jalan-jalan di ibu negara yang mahu menjatuhkan kerajaan beliau.
Beliau memberitahu sidang media bahawa polis tidak akan menggunakan kekerasan terhadap penunjuk perasaan. Tetapi kemudian, ketua keselamatan negara berkata peluru getah telah digunakan sebagai penunjuk perasaan mengancam untuk maju ke pejabat Yingluck, tumpuan utama demonstrasi sejak hujung minggu.
Keganasan adalah twist yang terbaru dalam konflik kelas pertengahan bopeng di Bangkok dan elit pendukung raja terhadap kebanyakannya yang miskin, penyokong luar bandar Yingluck dan abangnya, Thaksin Shinawatra, Perdana bekas menteri populis yang digu-lingkan dalam rampasan kuasa tentera pada tahun 2006 dan tinggal diri – dlm buangan.
Seorang wartawan Reuters berkata penunjuk perasaan telah berjaya mengambil turun sekurang-kurangnya satu lapisan luar halangan konkrit yang telah diambil oleh pihak berkuasa untuk mempertahankan ‘Government House’, pejabat Yingluck di tengah-tengah Bangkok.
Selepas menggunakan pusingan apabila pusingan gas pemedih mata pada hari Ahad untuk menghalau penunjuk perasaan, polis meningkatkan respons mereka pada hari Isnin. “Kami seli antara penggunaan meriam air, gas pemedih mata dan peluru getah. Peluru getah yang digunakan dalam satu kawasan sahaja dan adalah jambatan berhampiran ‘Government House,” Paradorn Pattanathabutr, ketua Majlis Keselamatan Negara, kepada Reuters.
Gas pemedih mata juga digunakan terhadap penunjuk perasaan di ibu pejabat Bangkok polis metropolitan. Ketua penunjuk perasaan Suthep Thaugsuban bertemu Yingluck lewat semalam tetapi menegaskan tiada rundingan untuk menamatkan krisis politik yang paling teruk sejak pergolakan berdarah pada tahun 2010.
“Saya memberitahu Yingluck jika polis meletakkan senjata mereka, kita akan mengalu-alukan mereka kerana mereka juga Thailand,” katanya kepada penyokong kemudian. “Saya memberitahu Yingluck bahawa ini akan menjadi mesyuarat hanya kita dan kita tidak akan berjumpa lagi sehingga rakyat menang.”
Mesyuarat itu, katanya, telah diatur oleh tentera, sebuah institusi yang kuat yang telah mengambil-dua pihak terhadap kerajaan Thaksin - bersekutu dalam krisis sebelum ini dan meletakkan gerakan pro-Thaksin pada 2010. Kemudian lebih daripada 90 orang mati.
Kali ini, tentera telah mengambil tempat duduk belakang. “Pihak tentera telah meletakkan dirinya sebagai neutral dan ia mahu melihat cara yang aman di luar,” Yingluck mem-beritahu sidang akhbar itu.
Pasaran kewangan Thailand lemah pada hari Isnin, dengan mata wang baht ke bawah berbanding dolar walaupun Bank of Thailand campur tangan untuk menyokongnya. Walau bagaimanapun, ia pulih sedikit selepas komen Yingluck mengenai protes. Baht telah jatuh 3% peratus sejak awal November dan indeks saham penanda aras telah kehilangan 5.8% peratus pada bulan yang lalu.
Kos menginsuranskan pendedahan kepada hutang kerajaan Thailand melalui swap kemungkiran kredit (CDS) juga telah merangkak sehingga dalam beberapa minggu kebelakangan ini.
Thaksin, yang memenangi lebih pengundi luar bandar dan golongan miskin di bandar dengan dasar-dasar populis , didapati bersalah tanpa hadir rasuah pada 2008 tetapi dia menolak tuduhan sebagai bermotifkan politik. Beliau dilihat sebagai kuasa di sebalik kerajaan Yingluck, kadang-kadang mengadakan mesyuarat dengan kabinet dengan webcam.
Bantahan telah disertai oleh Demokrat pembangkang, parti politik tertua di Thailand. Ia tidak memenangi pilihan raya di lebih daripada dua dekad dan telah hilang setiap undi kebangsaan selama 13 tahun yang lalu untuk Thaksin atau sekutu-sekutunya.
Suthep , 64, adalah seorang timbalan perdana menteri dalam kerajaan Demokrat yang diterajui yang kehilangan kuasa untuk Yingluck dalam pilihan raya 2011. Dia mahu yang samar-samar ditakrifkan “majlis rakyat” untuk menggantikan kerajaan beliau dan parlimen yang terdiri daripada layak dahulu yang dinamakan.
“Tuntutan Penunjuk perasaan ‘adalah mustahil untuk bertemu di bawah rangka kerja perlembagaan,” Yingluck memberitahu sidang akhbar itu.
Thai Prime Minister Calls for talks As police use rubber bullets
on protesters . . .
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday she would "open every door" to find a peaceful solution to the current political crisis, as thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital seeking to topple her government.
She told a news conference that police would not use force against the protesters. But later, the national security chief said rubber bullets were being used as protesters threatened to advance to Yingluck's office, the focal point of the demonstrations since the weekend.
The violence is the latest twist in a conflict pitting Bangkok's middle class and royalist elite against the mostly poor, rural supporters of Yingluck and her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, a populist former prime minister who was ousted in a military coup in 2006 and lives in self-imposed exile. A Reuters reporter said demonstrators had succeeded in taking down at least one outer layer of the concrete barriers set up by the authorities to defend Government House, Yingluck's office in the heart of Bangkok.
After using round upon round of teargas on Sunday to repel the protesters, police stepped up their response on Monday. "We are alternating between the use of water cannons, teargas and rubber bullets. Rubber bullets are being used in one area only and that is the bridge near Government House," Paradorn Pattanathabutr, the head of the National Security Council, told Reuters.
Teargas was also used against protesters at the headquarters of the Bangkok metropolitan police. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban met Yingluck late on Sunday but insisted there were no negotiations to end the worst political crisis since bloody unrest in 2010. "I told Yingluck that if police put down their weapons, we will welcome them as they are also Thai," he told supporters later. "I told Yingluck that this will be our only meeting and we will not meet again until the people win."
The meeting, he said, was arranged by the military, a powerful institution that has taken sides against Thaksin-allied governments in previous crises and put down a pro-Thaksin movement in 2010. More than 90 people died then. This time, the military has taken a back seat. "The military has positioned itself as neutral and it wants to see a peaceful way out," Yingluck told the news conference.
Thai financial markets were weak on Monday, with the baht currency down against the dollar despite Bank of Thailand intervention to support it. However, it recovered slightly after Yingluck's comments on the protests. The baht has fallen 3 percent since early November and the benchmark stock index has lost 5.8 percent in the past month. The cost of insuring exposure to Thai government debt via credit default swaps (CDS) has also crept up in recent weeks.
Thaksin, who won over poor rural and urban voters with populist policies, was convicted in absentia of graft in 2008 but he dismissed the charges as politically motivated. He is widely seen as the power behind Yingluck's government, sometimes holding meetings with the cabinet by webcam. The protests have been joined by the opposition Democrats, Thailand's oldest political party. It has not won an election in more than two decades and has lost every national vote for the past 13 years to Thaksin or his allies.
Suthep, 64, was a deputy prime minister in the Democrat-led government that lost power to Yingluck in a 2011 election. He wants a vaguely defined "people's council" to replace her government and for a parliament made up of nominated worthies.
"The protesters' demands are impossible to meet under the framework of the constitution," Yingluck told the news conference.
Penunjuk
perasaan Anti-Kerajaan Thailand MERAMPAS TV Negara . . .
JohnnyAdam – Penunjuk perasaan ingin menggulingkan kerajaan Thailand telah mengambil kawalan ibu pejabat televisyen negara di Bangkok. Mereka telah diduduki bahagian kementerian di hari yang baru ini dalam usaha untuk menggu-lingkan Perdana Menteri Yingluck Shinawatra.
Dalam serangan terbaru ini , penunjuk perasaan nampaknya menuntut kawalan ke atas siaran. Bagi sesetengah pemerhati , ia telah berpindah krisis politik ini satu langkah lebih dekat dengan cubaan rampasan kuasa. Polis melepaskan gas pemedih mata berhampiran Bangunan Kerajaan pada hari Ahad, selepas malam huru-hara pertempuran jalanan.
Tentera ‘back-up’ telah dibawa masuk untuk melindungi bangunan-bangunan kerajaan selepas pertempuran antara lawan dan penyokong Yingluck. Penunjuk perasaan mendakwa dia adalah boneka untuk abangnya Thaksin, bekas pemimpin dalam buangan di Thailand, yang digulingkan dalam rampasan kuasa tentera 7 tahun lalu.
Yingluck telah berdoa kuasa keselamatan khas tetapi lawan beliau telah ditetapkan hari ini hari yang penting dalam usaha mereka untuk menghapuskan beliau. Selepas satu percubaan untuk menyerang sebatian polis di mana dia pagi ini telah meninggalkan tergesa-gesa untuk lokasi yang tidak didedahkan.
Pertempuran antara penunjuk perasaan Semalaman pro dan anti- kerajaan telah meninggalkan sekurang-kurangnya 2 orang terbunuh dan puluhan lagi tercedera.
Thailand Anti-Government protesters Seize State TV
Protesters seeking to overthrow Thailand's government have taken control of state television headquarters in Bangkok.They have already occupied parts of government ministries in recent days in efforts to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
In this latest assault, demonstrators are apparently demanding control over broadcasts. For some observers, it has moved this political crisis one step closer to an attempted coup. Police fired teargas near Government House on Sunday, after a chaotic night of street fighting.
Military back-up was brought in to protect government buildings after the clashes between opponents and supporters of Yingluck. Protesters claim she is a puppet for her brother Thaksin, Thailand's exiled former leader, ousted in a military coup seven years ago.
Yingluck has invoked special security powers but her opponents have designated today a decisive day in their efforts to remove her. After an attempt to storm a police compound where she had been this morning, she left hastily for an undisclosed location.
Overnight clashes between pro-and anti-government demonstrators have left at least two people dead and dozens more wounded.
MADAyuMadyan – Polis sebarkan aktivis dengan gas pemedih mata yang cuba menye-rang Bangunan Kerajaan di Bangkok di tengah-tengah pertempuran maut di ibu negara Thailand. Penunjuk perasaan pembangkang menyeru untuk penyingkiran Perdana Menteri Yingluck Shinawtra.
Aktivis anti-kerajaan, yang cuba menyerang Bangunan Kerajaan, mengoyakkan halangan di luar bangunan rasmi, pemberita kepada AFP. Sebagai tindak balas polis Bangkok dipecat kanister gas pemedih mata dan meriam air digunakan untuk menolak kembali orang ramai daripada penunjuk perasaan. Perdana Menteri Yingluck telah mengosongkan Bangunan Kerajaan dan mengawasi keadaan dari lokasi yang tidak didedahkan di dlm bandar. Beratus-ratus aktivis juga telah mengawal penyiar negeri Thai PBS.
Pergerakan bantahan pembangkang telah berjanji untuk menjatuhkan kerajaan Perdana Menteri Yingluck Shinawtra dan memasang “Majlis rakyat.” Pada pemimpin bantahan Sunday, Suthep Thaugsuban, menggesa penyokongnya untuk menolak untuk penyingkiran kerajaan Shinawatra.
Penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan melemparkan gas air mata kembali kepada polis di luar Governement House semasa demonstrasi di Bangkok pada 1 Disember, 2013. (AFP Photo/Nicolas Asfouri - think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
Bangkok police use tear gas on protesters besieging
govt buildings . . .
Police dispersed activists with tear gas who were attempting to storm Bangkok’s Government House amidst deadly clashes in the Thai capital. Opposition protesters are calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawtra.
Anti-government activists, seeking to storm the Government House, ripped down barriers outside the official building, reporters told AFP. In response the Bangkok police fired tear gas canisters and used water cannons to push back the crowd of protesters. Prime Minister Yingluck has vacated the Government House and is overseeing the situation from an undisclosed location in the city. Hundreds of activists also took control of Thai state broadcaster PBS.
The opposition protest movement has pledged to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawtra and install a “people’s council.” On Sunday protest leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, called on his supporters to push for the ouster of the Shinawatra government.
Penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan dan jangka media dari meriam air di luar rumah Governement semasa demonstrasi di Bangkok pada 1 Disember, 2013. (AFP Photo/Nicolas Asfouri - think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
“Penyitaan pejabat Perdana Menteri, ibu pejabat polis dan beberapa kementerian akan melumpuhkan kerajaan rosak dan tidak sah ini,” kata Suthep, yang komen telah disiarkan oleh rangkaian televisyen Bluesky. “Tanpa kerja-kerja daripada kementerian yang utama, kerajaan akan berhenti yang palingnya fungsinya dan akhirnya runtuh.”
Tunjuk perasaan anti kerajaan telah berlaku di ibu negara Thailand selama 7 hari lepas dan telah agak aman. Pada malam Sabtu demonstrasi turun ke keganasan sebagai aktivis anti-kerajaan menyerang sebuah perhimpunan pro-kerajaan.
“Seizure of the PM’s office, police headquarters and several ministries will paralyze this corrupted and illegitimate government,” said Suthep, whose comments were broadcast by Bluesky Television network. “Without the works of these key ministries, the government will stop most of its functions and finally collapse.”
Anti-government protests having been happening in the Thai capital for the past 7 days and had been relatively peaceful. On Saturday night demonstrations descended into violence as anti-government activists attacked a pro-government rally.
Anggota polis rusuhan Thai membersihkan muka mereka dari gas pemedih mata semasa demonstrasi anti-kerajaan di Bangunan Kerajaan di Bangkok pada 1 Disember, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul - think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
Kira-kira 70,000 penyokong kerajaan, atau “baju merah,” telah berkumpul di arena Ramkamhaeng Bangkok untuk perhimpunan pada hari Sabtu. Kemudian pada waktu petang lelaki bersenjata melepaskan tembakan ke dalam stadium membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 2 orang dan mencederakan berpuluh-puluh lagi.
“Pelajar berada di dalam perkarangan universiti apabila tiba-tiba lelaki bersenjata yang melepaskan beberapa das tembakan melalui pagar universiti mencederakan ramai pelajar,” Attiwat Nakpao, timbalan ketua kumpulan pelajar Universiti Ramkamhaeng, memberitahu media tempatan.
Walaupun keganasan pada waktu malam, pemimpin pembangkang, Suthep Thaugsuban, menggesa penyokongnya untuk tindakan aman.
“Operasi hari ini kita mestilah aman dan bukan ganas . . . memasuki tempat-tempat dengan kesopanan,” kata Suthep Thaugsuban, bekas Ahli Parlimen. “Anda mesti mematuhi pemimpin anda ketika mereka berkata untuk bergerak ke hadapan atau untuk berpatah balik,” katanya, sambil menambah “jika apa-apa berlaku kita mesti berdiam diri dan tidak mahu berperang atau menggunakan senjata.”
Around 70,000 government supporters, or “red coats,” had gathered in Bangkok’s Ramkamhaeng arena for a rally on Saturday. Later in the evening gunmen fired into the stadium killing at least two people and injuring dozens more.
“Students were inside the compound of the university when all of a sudden a gunman fired several shots through the fence of the university injuring many students,” Attiwat Nakpao, deputy leader of a Ramkamhaeng University student group, told local media.
In spite of the violence during the night, firebrand opposition leader, Suthep Thaugsuban, called on his supporters for peaceful action.
“Our operation today must be peaceful and non-violent... enter places with politeness,” said Suthep Thaugsuban, a former MP. “You must obey your leaders when they say to move forward or to withdraw," he said, adding "if anything happens we must stand still and not fight or use weapons.”
Penunjuk perasaan Anti-kerajaan menyumbur asap kepada pihak polis di luar Governement House semasa demonstrasi di Bangkok pada 1 Disember, 2013. (AFP Photo/Nicolas Asfouri - think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
Pihak berkuasa Thai dikerahkan lebih 2,700 tentera di Bangkok untuk meningkatkan pasukan polis pada hari Ahad dalam usaha untuk membawa yang sangat protes.
Rusuhan itu telah melihat masyarakat Thai dibahagikan, dengan Perdana Menteri Yingluck menikmati populariti dengan penduduk Thai di luar bandar, manakala kelas menengah dan elit Bangkok menyeru untuk kerajaan beliau untuk digulingkan .
Bantahan telah tercetus awal bulan ini apabila Yingluck cuba untuk lulus Rang Undang-Undang Amnesty yang akan dibenarkan abangnya yang lebih tua, Thaksin, untuk kembali ke Thailand dan mengelak di penjarakan. Thaksin Shinawtra telah digulingkan dari kerajaan pada tahun 2006 oleh tentera dan sejak itu telah hidup dalam – dlm buangan. Beliau didapati bersalah 2 tahun kemudian penyalahgunaan kuasa, caj yang dia mena-fikan dan tuntutan adalah bermotif politik.
Pembangkang telah mengutuk beliau dan mengatakan bahawa dia masih mengawal kerajaan sekarang. Perdana Menteri Yingluck Shinawtra enggan panggilan untuk pilihan raya, tetapi telah mencadangkan untuk membuka dialog dengan pihak pembangkang, satu tawaran yang mereka telah ditolak.
The Thai authorities deployed over 2,700 troops in Bangkok to bolster police forces on Sunday in a move to bring the protests to heel.
The unrest has seen Thai society divided, with Prime Minister Yingluck enjoying popularity with the rural Thai population, while the middle class and Bangkok’s elite are calling for her government to be toppled.
Protest was sparked earlier this month when Yingluck attempted to pass an Amnesty Bill that would have allowed her older brother, Thaksin, to return to Thailand and dodge prison. Thaksin Shinawtra was deposed from government in 2006 by the military and has since been living in self-imposed exile. He was convicted two years later of abuse of power, a charge which he denies and claims is politically motivated.
The opposition has condemned him and alleges that he still controls the current government. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawtra has refused calls for elections, but has proposed to open dialogue with the opposition, an offer which they have refused.
Anggota polis rusuhan Thai mengutip gas pemedih mata dari penunjuk perasaan anti-kerajaan semasa demonstrasi di Governement House semasa demonstrasi di Bangkok pada 1 Disember, 2013. (AFP Photo/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul - think IN pictures @1WORLD Community)
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