Izithintelo ngasesitratweni, iingcingo ezihlabayo kwiindlela zokuhamba, amajoni axhobileyo ejikeleza kwaye egcina ukhuseleko phambi kweevenkile - le yiNdlela yaseSilom ngorhatya lwangoLwesithathu. Enye yezona ndawo zidumileyo eBangkok, kubo bobabini abahlali kunye neendwendwe, iya iqala ukubonakala njengendawo engqingiweyo. Ngokuhlwanje, iiShirts ezibomvu zihlala kwi-2m-ubude bemivalo eyenziwe ngeentonga ze-bamboo, iimfumba zamatayara kunye namatye aqhekekileyo okuhamba ecaleni kweLumpini Park. Njengoko bekhwaza, bafumana iimpendulo kwisihlwele esitsha esihlanganisene kwindlela yaseSilom. Abangeneleli batsha baphethe iibhanile ezinezilogeni ezixhasa urhulumente, imizobo ephakamayo yeKumkani kunye nokuphakamisa iiflegi ezityheli – uphawu loBukhosi. Imilo engaqhelekanga phakathi kwababonisi abanehempe ezibomvu kunye nabahlali baseBangkok benzeke phezolo kwindlela yaseSilom. Kuqhambuke udushe ngentsimbi ye-11:30 ebusuku xa abaqhankqalazi abaxhasa urhulumente beqala ukujula iibhotile zebhiya, iiglasi kunye nezinye izinto kubaqhankqalazi abanxibe ihempe ebomvu abaphendule ngokujula iicocktails ezimbini zeMolotov. Zombini ii-Red Shirts kunye nezihlwele ezixhasa urhulumente ezixhasa urhulumente zijongene kufutshane nehotele yaseDusit Thani, zohlulwe kuphela ziindlela ezihamba ezitratweni.
Imeko ibonakala iya isiba mandundu - emva kokuvalwa kweehotele kunye namaziko okuthenga kwindawo yaseRatchaprasong, ngobu busuku ibilithuba leSilom Complex Plaza ukuba livale. I-Dusit Thani ngoku igadwe liqela lamapolisa anxibe izixhobo zokulwa udushe – uphawu olwamkelekileyo oloyikekayo kwiindwendwe ezihlala ehotele. Ngokwamaphepha-ndaba, ngoku bangamajoni angama-10,000 ajikeleze indawo yaseRatchaprasong/Silom, ejongene nabaqhankqalazi abamalunga ne-15,000 ukuya kwi-16,000 le-Red Shirt. Uninzi lwabakhi-mkhanyo lulindele ngoku ukuhlaselwa komkhosi ukucoca le ndawo kulandela isithembiso esenziwe yiNkulumbuso u-Abhisit Vejjajiva sokunyanzelisa umthetho kunye nocwangco elizweni.
Isithethi sikarhulumente sathi uqhanqalazo lwangoku oluchasene norhulumente lubeka abantu abangaphezu kwama-60,000 emisebenzini, nangona okwethutyana. Ilahleko yemali eqikelelwa kwi-20 yezigidi ze-THB (i-US $ 625,000) ngosuku kumashishini abekwe kwindawo yaseRatchaprasong.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Most observers expect now a military crackdown to clear the area following the promise by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to enforce law and order in the country.
- After the closing of hotels and shopping centers in the Ratchaprasong area, tonight it was the Silom Complex Plaza’s turn to shut down.
- Both Red Shirts and pro-Monarchy pro-government crowds faced each others around the Dusit Thani Hotel, separated only by the traffic on streets.
