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BKK medical centre announces 11 killed, 521 injured so far
The Erawan Emergency Medical Centre announced late Saturday that the crackdown on protesters killed 11 and 521 were injured so far.
The centre said 2 of the killed were soldiers and the rest were civilians.
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Eleven people were reported to have died and 678 injured from clashes between security forces and red-shirt demonstrators in different parts of the capital, National Emergency Centre’s director Phetpong Kamchornkijakarn said late last night.
He said of the casualties, nine were civilians and two were soldiers. Of the civilians killed, eight were red-shirt protesters, while the ninth was a Japanese man who worked as a photographer for Thomson-Reuters.
As of press time, six of the dead, including the photographer, had been sent to Central Hospital; two sent to Hua Chiew Hospital; three to Vajira Hospital, which included two soldiers and a 50-year-old red-shirt protester who succumbed to a heart attack.
The Japanese photographer, Hiroyuki Muramoto, died from a gunshot wound to his chest.
Of the red-shirt protesters, one of the dead was identified as 38-year-old Wasan Phoothong, who worked as a tailor in Samut Prakan province; while one was a 43-year-old guard for the movement. Another red-shirt protester killed was Sawat Wa-ngam, who, according to protest leader weng Tojirakarn, had died from a head injury.
Of the two dead soldiers, one was killed by a gunshot wound to his neck.
According to reports, the biggest clash took place in Bangkok’s Khok Wua intersection, where about 20 soldiers, a resident and a protester were injured. The victims were taken to hospitals nearby.
Vajira Hospital’s director Dr Wanchai Charoenchokthavee said 51 injured people were admitted to the hospital, including 13 soldiers and one protester, who was sustained severe injuries to his lungs and stomach. Another protester was shot in his bottom. As of press time, the injured were undergoing surgery.
Earlier reports said another foreign journalist was shot in the head at Khok Wua intersection, and Wanchai said a foreigner called John Yinglin was among the injured. However, he could not confirm if he was a foreign journalist.
Meanwhile, Central Hospital director Dr Pitchaya Nakwatchara said yesterday that 30 injured people had been brought in from the Khok Wua intersection and Makkawan-Rangsan Bridge protest sites, of which 29 were civilians and one was a solider who had sustained head injury. Of the injured, three had gunshot wounds, including an ABC-News freelance photographer Winai Ditthajorn who was shot in his left leg.
He added that red-shirt protesters had also presented medical staff with some rubber bullets found in the clash site. Pitchaya confirmed that his hospital staff was on standby round the clock.
The hospital director later revealed X-rays of the three injured people, showing that Winai had been shot by what appeared to be a real bullet, while the two red-shirt protesters, Samak Khamsameu and Tag Benjamas, had been hit by a rubber bullet. As of press time, the three were undergoing surgery and will be under observation for three days.
Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit, who is also chairman of the National Emergency Centre, said of the six soldiers sent to Siriraj Hospital, one had sustained a gunshot. He went on say that he had told all 79 emergency centres nationwide to work with Bangkok hospitals.
Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand’s secretary-general Chatree Charoencheevakul said he expected the numbers of casualties to rise further, adding that he had put 1,000 medical staff and 150 ambulances on standby.
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Powerful Earthquake Rocks Western Indonesia, Phuket on high alert following tsunami warning
Indonesia’s meteorological agency says a powerful earthquake has shaken western Indonesia.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami alert for Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Thailand.
The Indonesian agency said the tremor had a magnitude of 7.6. Its epicenter was just off the coast of Sumatra
The U.S. Geological Survey put the strength at 7.9.
The shaking could be felt in high buildings in the capital, Jakarta, several hundred miles, kilometers away and in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia.
There were no immediate reports of a high waves or injuries.
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Suvarnabhumi Airport ready to receive relocated Don Mueang Airport flights: AoT
SAMUT PRAKAN: — Suvarnabhumi Airport is ready to take back domestic flights from Don Mueang Airport, according to Airports of Thailand (AoT) acting president Serirat Prasutanont.
Mr. Serirat, who is also director of Suvarnabhumi airport, said that the flight relocations will begin March 29 as the national flag carrier, Thai Airways (THAI) has announced it will move all domestic flights now operating from Don Mueang Airport back to Suvarnabhumi Airport on that day.
Many airlines have agreed to move their services back to Suvarnabhumi, but some still oppose such a decision by the government, he said.
“The AoT will try to persuade and explain them the advantages of the relocation. Suvarnabhumi Airport is not as congested as they think. We can still support more flights,” according to the acting AoT president.
In the future, Don Mueang Airport will serve only chartered flights and will become an aviation maintenance centre, Mr. Sererat said.
Mr. Serirat added that, during the Chinese New Year festival, all flights had fully resumed services at Suvarnabhumi and that the airport now welcomed about 100,000 passengers daily, a figure not much different from what it was before the airport seizure in late November, he said, serving 90,000-110,000 passengers daily.
The AoT chief said that an additional 165 flights from 21 local and international airlines have been operating during the Chinese holiday period (January 24-February 5), with about a 7,000 passenger-increase daily.
Mr. Serirat, however, admitted that the global economic slowdown has severely affected the chartered flight business, with the number of flights landing during Chinese New Year festival dropping by 50 per cent.
He hoped that the situation would gradually recover in the near future.
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Abhisit Vejjajiva elected new Prime Minister of Thailand
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has been officially voted Thailand’s 27th prime minister by a majority of 233-197 votes in Monday’s special session of the House of Representatives.
Mr. Abhisit surpassed former national police chief Pracha Promnok, Puea Pandin party leader, who won support from MPs loyal to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, convicted of corruption charges and now a fugitive at an unknown location.
The new prime minister is expected to be formally named later in the day on Monday.
Hundreds of police were deployed outside Parliament for the session for fear of a street protest as some demonstrators gathered outside the House to protest the vote outcome.
The vote comes in the wake of months of political crisis caused by anti-government protests which saw the country’s two main airports seized last month.
Mr. Abhisit, 44, graduated from Oxford University with first-class honour in philosophy, politics and economics, and later earned a master’s degree in economics at Oxford.
He first won national election in 1992 as an MP for Bangkok at the age of 28, the only Democrat MP elected in the capital that year.
He served as government spokesman in 1992 and as Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office in the government led by the then prime minister Chuan Leekpai in 1997. Mr. Abhisit was elected Democrat party leader in 2005.
However, for some years his party has taken the role as a sole opposition party as it failed to win an outright majority in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Abhisit earlier said building national reconciliation and improving the country’s economy would be his first priority were he to be elected prime minister.
“I think it would be good if the government leader would also lead the economic team,” Mr. Abhisit said. He expressed optimism that he could improve and restore confidence among investors within two to three months.
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PAD cease all protests
People’s Alliance for Democracy which seized the Government House and two Bangkok airports announced an end to its protests at all spot.
PAD’s co-leaders said the decision to terminate the protests was made because they gained victory after the Constitution Court dissolved People Power Party, Matchima Tipatayai and Chart Thai parties.
The leaders took turn to declare victories on a stage at Suvarnabhumi Airport. “All people can go home now. We are the victors now. However we will be ready to come back if the country wants us too,” they told the cheering crowds.
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People Power, Chart Thai and Matchima Thipataya parties disbanded
The Constitution Court on Tuesday ruled to disband three coalition parties, People Power, Chart Thai and Matchima Thipataya, and banned the three’s party executives from electoral process for five years.
The high court held the three parties for accountability on electoral fraud involving party executives, Yongyuth Tiyapairat of People Power, Monthien Songpracha of Chart Thai and Sunthorn Wilawan of Matchima Thipataya.
In the fraud case linked to People Power Party, the high court cited the Yongyuth conviction by the Supreme Court as the ground to penalise the ruling party.
For cases linked to Chart Thai and Matchima Thipataya, it invoked the rulings by the Election Commission as the basis to punish the two parties.
The nine presiding judges reached unanimous decisions against People Power and Matchima Thipataya parties. And they formed the eight-to-one decision to punish Chart Thai.
The high court opined that the punishment by disbandment was mandatory as sanctioned by Article 237 of the Constitution and that it had no leeway to selectively punish the party executives on the individual basis.
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1 killed, 22 injured in bomb attack at Don Mueang
An assailant fired a grenade into the inbound passenger terminal building of the Don Mueang Airport early Tuesday, killing one protester and injuring 22 others.
Five of them were severely injured in the attack at 00:15 am Tuesday morning.
Guards of The People’s Alliance for Democracy said they saw an attack on the Don Mueang Tollway who sped off in a vehicle to the direction of Rangsit area after the attack.
The explosion caused turmoil inside the terminal where protesters were sleeping. They woke up and ran in panic.
Protesters and PAD guards said the grenade, believed to be an M79, pieced broke a glass window pane of the terminal and exploded inside the terminal.
Two injured protesters were rushed to the General Hospital, 7 to Bhumibhol Hospital and 14 to Mongkut Watana Hospital.
Ronnachai Chaisri, 29, from Songkhla province’s Sabayoi district, died on his way to the Bhumiphol hospital.
Three severely-injured protesters at the Bhumiphol are Prasong Kongprasutr, 55, Somsak Chaisuwan 46 and Wijai Wijan, 43. They were hit by bomb shrapnel on their abdomen and received urgent surgeries to save their life.
Two injured protesters at the Central General are in critical condition. They are Phanchawee Suphatpong, 66, and Piyachart Daengpuangpaibul, 30. Phanchawee was hit at her headd while Piyachart at his knee.
Kriangkrai Piayu, a guard from Nakhon Sawan, said he saw a man walking on the Don Mueang Tollway when he heard the explosion.
The man then sped off in a vehicle.
“The attacker is very inhumane to attack the innocent people. He should have attacked us, guards, instead,” Kriangkrai said.
A protester said he saw a flash of light from the direction of the tollway and a window pane was smashed and then the explosion followed.
The attack came after the PAD deserted and ended its occupation of the Government House for security reasons, saying it would be safer for protesters to rally at the Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports.
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