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Third Day of Bloody Clashes in Thailand
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus May 15, 2010 05:04pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | CBS/AP |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Saturday, May 15, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Thailand's prime minister defended Saturday the deadly army crackdown on the Red Shirt protesters besieging the capital, saying there was no turning back as clashes raged in the center of Bangkok.
"The government must move forward. We cannot retreat because we are doing things that will benefit the entire country," Abhisit Vejjajiva said in a national broadcast, striking a defiant tone that made it clear he was in no mood for a compromise.
The spiraling violence has raised concerns that Thailand - a longtime tourism magnet that promotes its easygoing culture as the "Land of Smiles" - was teetering toward instability. The political uncertainty has spooked foreign investors and damaged the vital tourism industry, which accounts for 6 percent of the economy, Southeast Asia's second largest.
The demonstrators Saturday accused government snipers of picking people off with head shots.
The army says it is not shooting to kill, but protesters crawled along sidewalks to slowly drag away bodies of three people near the city's Victory Monument traffic circle in the Ratchaprarop area Saturday. They accused army snipers of shooting all three in the head.
"The situation right now is getting closer to civil war every minute," a protest leader, Jatuporn Prompan, said. "We have to fight on. The leaders shouldn't even think about retreat when our brothers are ready to fight on." |
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