BANGKOK, THAILAND (AP) - An explosive device detonated among anti-government protesters camped outside Bangkok's Don Muang domestic airport on Monday night. An official at Mongkut Wattana hospital said 13 people were injured by shrapnel.
It was the third such attack in two days by unidentified assailants targeting the protesters. So far, six people have been killed and scores injured in bomb attacks, clashes with police and street battles between government opponents and supporters.
Anti-government protesters have occupied two main airports in the capital for the past week, leaving the government paralysed and 300,000 foreigners stranded.
The protesters have vowed to stay until Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat steps down, but he has refused.
Neither the army, a key player in Thai politics, nor the king has offered Somchai the firm backing he needs to resolve the crisis. With no end to the deadlock in sight, many Thais hoped a court ruling could resolve the crisis.
A Constitutional Court is set to decide whether Somchai and others in his party committed electoral fraud -- a move that would see him banned from politics and his party dissolved.
Even if that scenario comes to pass and the protesters disperse, it is expected to take at least another week before the airports become operational again.
The protesters accuse Somchai of being a puppet of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the alliance's original target. Thaksin, who is Somchai's brother-in-law, was deposed in a 2006 military coup and has fled the country to escape corruption charges.
It was the third such attack in two days by unidentified assailants targeting the protesters. So far, six people have been killed and scores injured in bomb attacks, clashes with police and street battles between government opponents and supporters.
Anti-government protesters have occupied two main airports in the capital for the past week, leaving the government paralysed and 300,000 foreigners stranded.
The protesters have vowed to stay until Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat steps down, but he has refused.
Neither the army, a key player in Thai politics, nor the king has offered Somchai the firm backing he needs to resolve the crisis. With no end to the deadlock in sight, many Thais hoped a court ruling could resolve the crisis.
A Constitutional Court is set to decide whether Somchai and others in his party committed electoral fraud -- a move that would see him banned from politics and his party dissolved.
Even if that scenario comes to pass and the protesters disperse, it is expected to take at least another week before the airports become operational again.
The protesters accuse Somchai of being a puppet of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the alliance's original target. Thaksin, who is Somchai's brother-in-law, was deposed in a 2006 military coup and has fled the country to escape corruption charges.
11 comments:
Don't cause unwanted death to the protesters.....go straight to the head of a snake and chop it off.
The real game would start today, but no latter than Decem 5. If the God believes that Thai King has done something good to his people, there would be no conflict. Otherwise, San Baap Ban Baap. May God protect the lives of innocent people and stranded foreigners.
I think everybody in Thailand were busy drinking, didn’t bother learning from Cambodia. And now, the whole country took over by a bunch of lawless…both yellow and red.
Thailand is the only country in the world that the governments have no power to do anything. I saw five or six protesters jumped on a riot police, and no one dare helping him. It is kind of sad.
6:54 AM Did you? That is really bad. Lives of those police are at danger. If there is a coup, what will happen to them (police)?
6.54am, of couse Thai gov can do more but they certaintly don't want to mistreat their people and become barbarian like Cambodian gov.
thai is missing the careless to people ,caused money and power are using both side to shadow their influance .so it will be the bloody in coming soon .
“Khmers could build up an empire in the past, and why can’t we Khmers protect our existence in the present danger of hungry neighbors like Vietnam and Thailand?”
The talk about which country either US or China that Cambodia needs to ask for their kindness and assistance to help protect sovereignty and existence of Cambodia has reached the peak, as far I can see. And as far as I study into the matter, I have all these recommendations:
-Cambodia is a tiny, powerless country and to survive in this “dog eats dog world”, Cambodia must depend on superpower, rich countries and side with them. There’s no interest that Cambodia will receive if standing and voicing against all these countries. US, China and other European Countries are no exception for Cambodia to build allies with. At some points of time we can forget the past and look at the future, but this does not apply that Cambodia has to move forward with “blank heads of her past history”. These questions must be raised every time to remind us Khmers all:
1. Which country brought up the genocide and supported the Pol Pot regime all along the way? That’s prominent China and other hidden countries that are beyond the events that could be interpreted.
2. What were the root causes that drove Cambodia in sequent tragedic unrest? The answer that history lessons teach us are that: the leaders are too concerned about power struggle even putting the interests and even worse the existence of country at risk. Power struggle is in the heart of human since they start to breathe. And the way I see it is that: “When the existing system does encourage the practice of too high self-sustained power and pride without check & balance; and in the meantime neglect the importance of team work or team spirit to build up a strong system for a winning goal for all, then such destructively-designed system is not immune to negative aspects of daily lives such as: the power abuse, conflict of interest, injustice in the society, inequality in term of chance and fairness for competition, nationwide practice of nepotism, culture of impunity, etc.
3. What are root causes of the current unwanted social phenomenon? First of all, because power is maintained for one man and is believed too proudly by this man “Hun Sen”, that he can hold the fate of this country as hostage for his power and family dynasty whenever they want. Take the names of schools where he went to preside in the inauguration as an example: all followed by his name “Sen blah blah the fuck-though building schools and other infrastructures alike in the country are the duties and obligation of a government.” And Khmers with “the right minds and wisdoms” can obviously see that this man “Hun Sen” has been overwhelmingly addicted to power and self-pride. Despite all of these facts, this man “Hun Sen and his cronies as in the so-called system aiming to maintain Hun Sen’s regime” by all means (fake Khmers, Cambodia Red Cross, authorities at all level etc to justify their acts) STIRS AND COMPLICATES the negative social impacts and tend to believe all of the terrible things and miseries are not triggered by their power-addiction and one-man-show-only system. (Shamefully with their eyes open!!. These ruling people just need to use their “conscience and right minds to see all of these negative impacts”.) More comprehensive explanation can be concluded from this present day severely-chronic illness: Corruption practice at all authorities’ levels and in every breathe Khmers take. Khmers in the country must confess to the fact that more or less they practice corruption. This is, to a much extent, very true. Likely Khmers are corrupt because they want to survive in this lawless country where the system forces them to adapt into and make extra money from corrupt activities in order to BRIBE TO PLEASE the tops. And the masterminds “the tops” are CPP officials: high-ranking officials, military generals, chief of police etc-and they are controlled by one man that is “Hun Sen and his dynasty”. Say if Hun Sen is “so dumb not to realize all the negative impacts” and it can explain why “ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW UNTIL NOW STILLS REMAINS IN THE DRAWER OF THE UNSCRUPULOUS LEADERS LIKE SOK AN!”
4. Have Khmers been fighting for one common goal-surviving of the existing country? We can’t expect everyone has several resembled things in mind; that’s impossible. But under this circumstance- Cambodia vulnerable to being used as ideological or power-testing battle zones between US and China; and DANGER FROM the hungry neighboring countries like Thailand and Vietnam(NOT TO MENTION THAT YOUNS ALMOST OUTNUMBER KHMER IN CAMBODIA)- I need to ask this ignorant question: Can we Khmers speak with one voice-to favor both countries US and China and if possible provide any of these country “our space to deploy their troops like in Japan and Korea” in order to protect our country existence from the untrustworthy Vietnam and Thailand?
5. We need a system which is governed by rule of law and we need mechanism to make such system work. Good governance, transparency and MOST IMPORTANTLY A SYSTEM THAT VALUES INDIVIDUAL’S PROGRESS (with check & balance of power) TO INSPIRE OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS, WILL HAPPEN ONLY IN OUR DREAM AND WE KHMERS ARE PRONE TO MORE AND MORE SUFFERING AND EVEN WORSE FACE THE EXTINCTION OF OUR COUNTRY. And here is the question: What are obstacles that deprive Khmers from having such system with the rule of law? Governing people “ignorant or incapable”? Why can’t we complain and ask for the change of such useless people from the system? If so, these people should be placed somewhere in the system but not on top in deciding the fate of the country.(Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Cham Prosith, Tea Banh etc) THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT “THE GOVERNMENT STIRS AND COMPLICATES THE PROBLEM BY PROTECTING THEIR CRONIES AND SEEK NO BETTER ALTERNATIVES FOR THE POSTS. AND FROM THE RECENTLY-FORMED GOVERNMENT, HUN SEN HAS ADDED UP ITS MEMBERS IN THE GOV.T OVER FOUR HUNDRED “400” MORE EVEN THOUGH UNDER THE TIME THAT COUNTRY NEEDS TO RAISE CIVIL SERVANTS’ SALARY.” What is their explanation for this question? TO ATTRACT MORE DEFECTORS AND SPLIT SRP AND SURRENDER THE FATE OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUN MASTER???
In this end, Khmers must take side with super-power and rich countries like European countries for their aids both financially and technically. THE LEADERS THAT SPEAK AND ACT TO PROTECT SELF-INTEREST AND DRAG CAMBODIA INTO CIVIL WARS, INDOCHINA WAR, AND TURNED CAMBODIA TO IDEOLOGICAL BATTLE ZONES MUST BE CONDEMNED AS ACT OF TREASON AND KHMERS WITH “THE RIGHT MINDS AND WISDOMS” MUST REJECT SUCH LEADERSHIP AND LOBBY AND REPAIR THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SUPER-POWER AND RICH COUNTRIES. AND CAMBODIA MUST ACT IN THE SPIRIT OF RESPECTING AND ABIDING BY INTERNATIONAL LAWS LIKE ICJ, PARIS PEACE ACCORD AND FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WORLD BODY LIKE UN AND OTHER WORLD INFLUENTIAL BODIES.
From Khmer love Khmer
You guys all have made insightful comments. I think the gov't is forced to use grenades. But yes, why not approach those key leaders especially the yellow-robed king?
Thai people are trained to abandone the truth, trained to ignore the small percentage possibilities, trained to be too proud, trained to be ultra ... and now that the results have emerged...
Raja
You want to play with fire, you'll get burnt. you're all just wait for the hell to break loose. That's all.
Don't worry about them. Worry about us. What in hell are we going to do during time like this? No airplane flying from the west or Thailand, no business. We got to have the airplanes flying form the east or the north or the south or else do other things. Protecting our border and watch those traffics. Producing rice or do other productive farming. Banana may be the easiest and fastest way to grow of all. Sell it to the chinese or the Japanese. There are over a billion of people out there that can eat banana. So if it cost one or two cents a piece. Think of it in term of million at the time. Let's do it Khmer! No job or business is too small! and do it now!
6:07 AM
It's easy for you to say, then it is done.
If we could, we would have chopped the head of Mr. Hun Sen a long time.
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