Rally fizzles out amid safety fears

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Rally fizzles out amid safety fears

Boonlert says authorities inciting violence

Published: 24 Nov 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Pitak Siam leader Boonlert Kaewprasit ended his anti-government rally and his own brief political career on a drizzly Saturday afternoon after a day of high drama and scattered violence.

A Pitak Siam protester holds up a tear-gas canister that police had fired near the Makkawan Bridge on Saturday morning.

Addressing an estimated 20,000 supporters from the Royal Plaza stage, he asked them to disperse peacefully.

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pjt
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Discussion 9 : 24 Nov 2012 at 06.529
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You do have to wonder what the UDD really think about the PT/UDD government moving ever nearer to deploying the Thai army against its citizens (even if they are political opponents) given the outcome in 2009 and 2010?
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Discussion 8 : 24 Nov 2012 at 06.048
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"Pitak Siam members say they will deploy some 2,000 guards.."

If any violence erupts, or buildings get burnt by a third hand, Gen Boonlert can rest assure that this government will have the ethical decency not to call these 2,000 guards MIB or terrorists.
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Discussion 7 : 24 Nov 2012 at 05.267
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The south may take opportunity of the concentration of all the police force in Bangkok.
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Discussion 6 : 24 Nov 2012 at 05.256
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Where were these police when the Red Shirts where burning the city? Ohhh These are the Red Shirts. New Jobs
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Discussion 5 : 24 Nov 2012 at 05.235
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If I was the Pitak Siam, at the rally today I would announce another one in two or three weeks just to keep the government busy...5555
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Discussion 4 : 24 Nov 2012 at 05.214
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That show of force by the government and police indicate how scared is the government.
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Discussion 3 : 24 Nov 2012 at 04.033
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53 checkpoints along the major highways to Bangkok , 9 roads around the rally side closed and 20,000 police and soldiers. Today we will see many video clips and pictures in the TV from angry people who are blocked from reaching the rally site in time. But this will not prevent the people from joining the rally. They will come late, but they will come.
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Discussion 2 : 24 Nov 2012 at 03.502
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I am support Peace, Democracy,the right to peaceful demonstration, and NO COUPS!
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Discussion 1 : 24 Nov 2012 at 03.351
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Amazing Thailand. Government seems paranoid and the other side seems to want to pick a fight - maybe be martyrs. Whatever you call this silliness, one thing is certain - it is not the road to reconciliation.
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