Umbono wobundlobongela obuphantsi komhlaba obunokonakalisa ishishini lokhenketho laseThailand unyuke eluthuthwini kumbindi wesixeko saseBangkok.
Abaqhankqalazi be-“Redshirt” baye banyamalala kwidabi leendlela ezingasemva njengoko inkampu yabo yathwaxwa ngumkhosi kwiveki ephelileyo ngosuku abantu abaninzi baseThailand abalubiza ngokuba lubi kakhulu kwimbali yanamhlanje yelizwe labo.
Iphiko elixhobileyo lombutho lafunga ukuba lizakuqhuba nomlo kwaye lanyibilika labuyela kwiindawo zabasebenzi kunye namafama, abanye babo baye babaqhwabela izandla ngokuthatha umpu.
Imifanekiso enxibe ezimnyama imizimba yazo yayifaniswe ngeetattoos ezingaqondakaliyo, badlala amakhubalo egolide omlingo ukuze bagxothe iimbumbulu - kodwa banxibe iibhatyi zeflak njenge-inshurensi eyongezelelweyo.
“Akukho mntu ulawula iphiko lethu elixhobileyo,” utshilo uSean Boonprasong, isithethi seredshirt, ngaphambi nje kokuba avalelwe. Ngoku abaninzi bazakungena phantsi komhlaba. Ngoku abanazo iinkokeli. Nokuba bangoobani na, siyabathanda.”
Uphando lweziganeko zobundlobongela, uninzi lwazo olungaxelwanga phesheya, lubonisa ukuba inkathazo sele yenzekile kumaziko okhenketho eThailand ePhuket, ePattaya naseChiang Mai kwiiveki zokugqibela zentlekele.
Bangaphezu kwama-800,000 abantu baseBritane abatyelele eThailand kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kodwa amawaka-waka okubhukisha arhoxisiwe kwaye ezinye iihotele eBangkok azinamntu emva komkhosi wangoLwesithathu.
Izigrogriso, ukuphangwa, ukukhuthuza nokudutyulwa okungacwangciswanga kumbindi wedolophu ngaloo mini kwabonisa ukuba izaphuli-mthetho zazinxibelelene phakathi kwesihlwele esinoxolo samadoda, abafazi nabantwana abanxibe iimpahla ezibomvu ababemise iintente kwinto ababeyibiza ngokuba liphulo “ledemokhrasi”.
Amajoni aye abhengezwa njengamagorha kumatyotyombe aseKlong Toey, isithili esizele lulwaphulo-mthetho esabona owona mlo unzima kodwa satsala ingqalelo encinci yeendaba. I-pyres enkulu, i-reeking pyres kunye ne-echong gun shots ilandele indlela yesiphithiphithi ukusuka kwi-slum ukuya kwimida ye-Sukhumvit, indawo egcwele iintsapho zangaphandle, amashishini angaphandle kunye nezikolo zamazwe ngamazwe.
Kwakusuka eKlong Toey apho amadoda anxibe izithuthuthu ezimnyama aphuma ebaleka ukuya kutshisa isakhiwo esimenyezelayo sokutshintshiselana ngesitokhwe, esijonge ezantsi kuso kwelinye icala lendlela yokudibana. Kamva kwabakho iingxelo ezininzi ezivela kubahlali ababetyhwatyhwa ngeehempe ezibomvu eziziphindezela bexinene kumabhunga emfazwe kwiindawo zokusela nakwiindawo zokuhlala.
“Bathi masenze into eyenziwa ngamaSilamsi asemazantsi,” banike ingxelo yabemi abaninzi balapha, bebhekisa kwimvukelo eye yaxabisa abantu abangaphezu kwama-3,000 kumaphondo asemazantsi eThailand ukususela ngo-2004. ayikwazanga ukuyeka.
Izixhobo ziyafumaneka ngokuqinisekileyo. Iingqokelela zeziqhushumbisi, imipu kunye neziqhushumbisi zafunyanwa njengoko amajoni atyhutyha kwidaka elimnyama kunye ne-slime yeyona ndawo yayiyeyona ngingqi yokuthenga ikrelekrele eBangkok.
Urhulumente uthathe ulawulo lweendaba zikamabonwakude, wacinezela iifoto zabantu abaswelekileyo kwaye wavala iiwebhusayithi ngokukhawuleza, ekhokelela umhlalutyi kwiThai Rath, iphephandaba elidumileyo lesizwe, ukuba "zimbalwa iiakhawunti eziyinyani ezipapashiweyo okanye ezisasazwayo".
I-spin ayisebenzanga. Kukho ubungqina obandayo bokuba abantu ababhubhileyo abangama-52 kunye namaxhoba angama-407 angxwelerhekileyo adala intiyo, eshiya udumo lwaseThailand njengobukumkani bemvisiswano yamaBhuda.
Kule mpelaveki urhulumente ka-Abhisit Vejjajiva, inkulumbuso kunye nemveliso ye-Eton kunye ne-Oxford, uvakalise ukuba umthetho kunye nocwangco ubuyile, nangona ixesha lokufika ebusuku lihlala lisebenza. Kodwa abahlalutyi baseThai phantse jikelele bayibona njengoloyiso olungenanto kwaye baxela kwangaphambili uhlobo olwahlukileyo lobundlobongela oluzayo.
Intshukumo eyazalelwa kwinkcaso enkulu yokuchaswa kwasebukhosini inokuthi ibangele uvukelo olukhulu kwisithuba nje seveki. Kusenokubakho ixesha elincinci lezopolitiko eziqhelekileyo ukuba ziphinde zisebenze kwakhona. Ngokutsho kukaThitinan Pongsudhirak, omnye wabahlalutyi bezopolitiko abahlonitshwayo baseThai, ababomvu bangene kwinqanaba "lokuchasana ngezixhobo".
Abakhi-mkhanyo abagqume iindawo zemfazwe babone iireds ngaphandle-bacinga kwaye baphuma emkhosini ukuba babethe iithagethi ezinje ngeebhanki, iiofisi zikarhulumente kunye neevenkile ngaphaya kwendawo ephakathi yoqhanqalazo. Amaqhinga anjalo aye asetyenziswa kakuhle. Iingxelo eziqokelelwe yindlu yozakuzo yaseBritane zinika iinkcukacha ngeyona ingxwabangxwaba yeli lizwe ukusukela kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Kubekho izehlo ezithandathu zeebhombu okanye iziqhushumbisi eChiang Mai, apho iibhasi zatshiswa kwizitrato zayo ezinamagqabi zabakhenkethi kwaye izihlwele zahlanganisana ukuza kuqhankqalaza kwisikhululo sikaloliwe.
Nge-26 ka-Epreli, amahlokondiba aseThailand awayekhuphisana nawo alwa kwisixeko esiselunxwemeni sasePattaya. Kwisiqithi sasePhuket, i-sappers yachitha i-grenade eshiywe kwisikhululo sikamabonwakude sendawo, i-ASTV, ngoMeyi 12. Ukuqhankqalaza, ukutshisa okanye ukudubula kuye kwabikwa eChiang Rai, eKhon Kaen nase-Udon Thani. Izikhululo zeenqwelomoya, iindlela kunye noololiwe baye bavalwa ngamanye amaxesha.
Urhulumente ubeka ityala kuThaksin Shinawatra, owayesakuba yinkulumbuso yaselubhacweni, owaphumelela unyulo olulandelelanayo ngaphambi kokuba agxothwe kubhukuqo-mbuso lwasemkhosini ngo-2006, inyathelo elithe labonakala liyintlekele kubantu ababalaseleyo ababeyixhasa.
UThaksin - othumela ii-tweets kunye neevidiyo kubalandeli bakhe - wakhawuleza ukuqikelela imfazwe ye-guerrilla ekuqaleni kwaye wagxeka "ubundlobongela belizwe kunye nokuxhatshazwa kwamalungelo abantu". Kodwa njengoko uThais wasabela ekhwankqisiwe kukuqonda okunzulu ukuba ikomkhulu labo liyatsha, uThaksin wayitshintsha ingoma yakhe.
“IThailand izilile,” utshilo. "Ndizibandakanya nawo onke ama-Patriots aseThai kwikhwelo labo elikhawulezileyo lokuzola, ucwangco kunye nokungaxhatshazwa."
