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'Yellow-shirts' leaders report to Thai police for airport seizure

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-08-26 14:17

BANGKOK - The "yellow-shirts" or People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and their core leaders on Thursday morning report themselves to Crime Suppression Division Royal Thai Police to hear charge regarding airport blockade in late 2008.

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Sonthi Limthongkul, a core leader of PAD and a co-founder of New Politics Party (NPP), said that it would be a long fight and that evidence regarding terrorism case were set up by the police in order to slander him and PAD, Manager online reported.

"To those police officers who are serving some political groups in return for promotion to higher positions, they must not cry for mercy if people' sector file counter lawsuits against them," Manager online quoted him as saying.

According to Thairath report, 170 commandos are deployed and 50 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) are used for the safety purpose.

"Yellow-shirt" protesters on November 25, 2008 blocked the terminal building of Suvarnabhumi International Airport and blockaded the main road to the airport during their protest against pro-Thaksin government.

On the night of November 26, 2008, the services at the Don Muang Airport were stopped after the "yellow-shirts" seized control of the domestic passenger terminal.