Trafikpoliserna förbereder sig inför de rödas "Klass krig"

Hej!

Nu kanske Göran blir rasande för att jag gör en ny tråd igen om demonstrationerna. Jag hoppas inte det.

I morgon, lördag är det sagt att rödskjortorna ska skapa “klass-krig” i Bkk. Efter att de har samlats så planerar de att sprida sig på Bkk:s gator för att få den thailändska medleklassen att vakna och reagaera.
De röda säger i artikeln nedan att medelklassen i Bkk är motvilliga att utrycka sig själva om de inte påverkas till det.
De plannerar att störa trafiken i Bkk så mycket det går och det har även planer på att försöka störa tunnelbanan och skytrain-linjerna.

Hela artikeln här nedan:
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Police preparing for a tough Saturday
By Mayuree Sukyingcharoenwong,
Naya Jaikawang
The Nation

BANGKOK: — Traffic policemen at all stations in Bangkok have been instructed to put more effort into controlling heavy congestion anticipated on Saturday when antigovernment protestors start their campaign to ‘meet and greet’ capital residents and Bangkokbased red shirts.

Late yesterday redshirt leaders said they were also considering disruption to underground train services and the BTS.

Traffic areas of most concern are Pratunam and the Rama I intersection, covering Siam Centre and Siam Paragon malls, as congestion is common in these areas, said Pol MajGeneral Phanu Kerdlarpphol, who oversees traffic management in Bangkok.

The officer said he hoped protest leaders would coordinate with police on areas red shirts planned to converge on or march in, but they have not been heard from so far.

He said rallies in small groups, of the kind expected on Saturday, were easier to handle than a largescale march of the type red shirts conducted in their protests on March 14.

Police would negotiate with protest leaders to free up some areas they have occupied on Rajdamnoen Avenue and the Royal Plaza to make way for the annual Red Cross fair events from March 30 to May 7.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD)’s Saturday campaign for redshirt demonstrators to “meet and greet” Bangkok people is a plan in disguise to disrupt traffic and blockade city streets and force negotiations with the government, according to a highlyplaced DAAD source.

“The disruption is needed because middleclass people like Bangkok residents are naturally reluctant to express themselves, unless their lives are affected,” the source explained.

Whether mass transport, like underground trains and the BTS service should also be disrupted, is being discussed among DAAD leaders.

“If our campaign can be heightened to that level, the government must do something to respond,” the source added.

In the campaign on Saturday, redshirt vehicles will spread through city streets joined by more mobilised from the provinces. They will converge at the rally point at the main protest site at Phan Fa Lilas Bridge, before travelling enmasse throughout Bangkok.

— The Nation 2010-03-19