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US condemns Thai violence by pro-Thaksin protests
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Monday condemned violence by anti-government protesters in Thailand and urged Americans visiting Bangkok to exercise caution.
State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the United States is watching events “very closely” in Thailand, where two people died as anti-government protesters battled soldiers and Bangkok residents.
The United States condemns “this unacceptable violence by the protesters,” Wood told reporters.
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.”
Wood said he believed the US embassy in Bangkok was in contact with Thai authorities.
“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.
However, the department stopped short of recommending Americans not to go to Bangkok, warnings given by Australia and Britain to their own nationals.
The United States is the fifth biggest source of foreign tourists to Thailand after Japan, Britain, China and Germany, according to official Thai figures for February.
Thailand has been mired in turmoil since the military toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup in 2006. Pro-Thaksin protesters on Saturday stormed the venue of a major Asian summit, forcing its cancellation.
Thailand is a longstanding ally of the United States, whose 1833 friendship treaty with the kingdom then known as Siam was its first with an Asian nation.
Source: US condemns Thai violence, urges peaceful protest (Yahoo,AFP)
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I quoted this statement from the above news report by state department “Thailand has been mired in turmoil since the military toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup in 2006″
The key point is ever since Thaksin is being over thrown by the Yellow Shirt, Thailand’s standing with the world hasn’t been good. There are now even red shirt and blue shirt. Should we be expecting some other colours anytime soon? This kind of activities kill foreign investments and jobs. The common people are the ones that suffer the most.
First the Yellow Shirt took over international airport, the the red shirt forced the fleeing of ASEAN leaders, this creates a strong notion of instability for Thailand.
Now worse, there is a civil war between the rich and the poor…the urban and the rural…in Thailand. Each of the power player has failed to improve the economy of the country. From the general to Samak to Adhist
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There was no evidence the two men had fled the country to join their exiled leader and outlawed politician Thaksin Shinawatra, he said.
Three other core members of red-shirt uprising surrendered to police on Tuesday after arrest warrants were issued – Veera Musikhapong was later sent to a Border Patrol Police base in Pathum Thani province, Nattawut Saikua to Naresuan military base in Prachuap Khiri Khan and Weng Tojirakarn to a border police station in Kanchanaburi.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/140638/police-hunt-fleeing-protest-leaders
ha,ha leaders run away like Thaksin Shinawat
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good to see this site updating regularly again…..
would like to share to this topic that the EU also released a public statement to condemn the red shirts:
EU Presidency statement on the unrest in Thailand (13 April 2009)
The Presidency of the European Union expresses its regrets that the Government of Thailand had to postpone the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya due to political protests that threatened to disrupt the meeting.
It expresses the hope that the functioning of ASEAN, an increasingly important partner for the EU, will not suffer from this event, and looks forward to further cooperation between our organizations.
The Presidency notes with great concern the ongoing violent disturbances in Thailand, including attacks on ministries, which led the Government to declare the state of emergency. The Presidency strongly calls on the protesters to refrain from further violent action in the street, which can only deepen the tensions and risk to increase the harm to the stability and the reputation of their country. The Presidency hopes that the political divide will be solved through dialogue and by democratic, parliamentary means, within the framework of the Constitution.
The Presidency recalls that the Thai Government has a responsibility to protect both Thai citizens and foreigners, including EU citizens.
source:
http://www.eu2009.cz/en/news-and-documents/cfsp-statements/eu-presidency-statement-on-the-unrest-in-thailand–16706/
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