| Bangkok Airports Shut Down as Protests Continue | |
Bangkok 26 November 20 |
Thailand’s main international airport remains shut to all traffic after anti-government protesters overran the facility. As Kate Pound Dawson reports, tensions in the city are high after several small bombs hit pro- and anti-government groups.
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| Anti-government protester sleep at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok in early hours of 26 Nov 2008 |
Leaders of the People’s Alliance for Democracy vow to continue blockading both the main international airport at Bangkok and the city’s domestic airport.
Thousands of travelers have been stranded since late Tuesday.
The PAD demands that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat resign and accuses him of acting on behalf of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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| Airport sign announcing flight cancellations, 26 Nov 2008 |
In a push to oust the government, the PAD this week has blockaded parliament and kept the cabinet from meeting. Security forces have offered little resistance and seem determined to avoid clashes.
Kraisak Choonhavan, a member of parliament from the opposition Democrat Party, says the PAD has brought thousands of supporters in from the countryside.
“They’re trying to stimulate what we call a strike that would immobilize the government,” said Kraisak.
Several PAD members and some government supporters were injured in small bomb blasts overnight, including three at the international airport.
March 12th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Sawadee Kha! I’m about to go to Bangkok and I’m sooo excited about my holiday. Already got my flight to Bangkok and from there we’ll go explore around Samui and of course stay a couple of days in Bangkok, I found your nice site on Google and it seems that you know a lot about Bangkok City. Could you please give me some advice where to stay in Bangkok City? I’ve heard there are some good resorts in the main town and in the south… Thank you in advance!