Bangkok Post
Red shirt supporters in the provinces are vowing to retaliate if authorities disperse the main protest in Bangkok.
In Chiang Mai, about 500 members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) converged yesterday on the Chiang Mai railway station before marching to the British, US and Chinese consular offices to submit a petition.
They urged the consulates to pressure the government to refrain from using force against UDD protesters at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok.
The Chiang Mai UDD supporters accused soldiers of firing at protesters in the capital and demanded an immediate end to the violence.
A source said Chiang Mai governor Amornpan Nimanant had asked the 3rd Army to shut down two pro-red shirt community radio stations for encouraging people to join the rally in Bangkok.
The commander denied the request citing security concerns, the source said.
A shuttle bus used to transport students in the army's veterinary service was torched in the province, but it was unclear by whom.
In Phayao, a red shirt network yesterday mobilised supporters from all districts at the provincial hall to demand an end to military violence in Bangkok.
Siriwat Jupamattha, coordinator of the UDD network in Phayao, said soldiers must stop killing red shirt protesters. He said his group would continue to pressure the government until it ordered troops to stop shooting at the protesters.
Phayao governor Cherdsak Chusri said he would forward the network's petition to the government so long as their rally remained peaceful.
A security source said a group of teenagers burned more than 10 tyres on Chiang Kham-Chun Road in Phayao's Chun district on Saturday night. Authorities believed it was a copycat act following the red shirts' burning of tyres on major roads in the capital.
In Ubon Ratchathani, protesters also set tyres alight outside the provincial hall on the Hua Saphan Bridge in front of the state-run NBT station and near Wing 21 air base.
Soldiers fired warning shots when protesters tried to enter the base. The protesters retreated and regrouped outside the provincial hall where they dispersed late yesterday afternoon.
Surapol Phetvara, the Thai consular-general in Kota Bharu of Malaysia's Kelantan state, yesterday said Thai residents of the country and tourists were concerned about the violence.
In Ayutthaya, the Royal Elephant Kraal started a campaign urging the government, the UDD and the armed group mixing among the protesters to stop using violence. Placards reading "stop killing, be kind and be peaceful" were seen hanging from elephants carrying tourists around the area.
In Chiang Mai, about 500 members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) converged yesterday on the Chiang Mai railway station before marching to the British, US and Chinese consular offices to submit a petition.
They urged the consulates to pressure the government to refrain from using force against UDD protesters at Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok.
The Chiang Mai UDD supporters accused soldiers of firing at protesters in the capital and demanded an immediate end to the violence.
A source said Chiang Mai governor Amornpan Nimanant had asked the 3rd Army to shut down two pro-red shirt community radio stations for encouraging people to join the rally in Bangkok.
The commander denied the request citing security concerns, the source said.
A shuttle bus used to transport students in the army's veterinary service was torched in the province, but it was unclear by whom.
In Phayao, a red shirt network yesterday mobilised supporters from all districts at the provincial hall to demand an end to military violence in Bangkok.
Siriwat Jupamattha, coordinator of the UDD network in Phayao, said soldiers must stop killing red shirt protesters. He said his group would continue to pressure the government until it ordered troops to stop shooting at the protesters.
Phayao governor Cherdsak Chusri said he would forward the network's petition to the government so long as their rally remained peaceful.
A security source said a group of teenagers burned more than 10 tyres on Chiang Kham-Chun Road in Phayao's Chun district on Saturday night. Authorities believed it was a copycat act following the red shirts' burning of tyres on major roads in the capital.
In Ubon Ratchathani, protesters also set tyres alight outside the provincial hall on the Hua Saphan Bridge in front of the state-run NBT station and near Wing 21 air base.
Soldiers fired warning shots when protesters tried to enter the base. The protesters retreated and regrouped outside the provincial hall where they dispersed late yesterday afternoon.
Surapol Phetvara, the Thai consular-general in Kota Bharu of Malaysia's Kelantan state, yesterday said Thai residents of the country and tourists were concerned about the violence.
In Ayutthaya, the Royal Elephant Kraal started a campaign urging the government, the UDD and the armed group mixing among the protesters to stop using violence. Placards reading "stop killing, be kind and be peaceful" were seen hanging from elephants carrying tourists around the area.
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The Thai nation newspaper now can write a lot about its own Thai War.
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