Thai airports under siege from protestors

Anti-gov't protesters storm Thai southern airports despite emergency
decree


www.chinaview.cn 2008-09-02

Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej speaks during a news
conference at the Supreme Command Headquarters in Bangkok September 2,
2008. Sundaravej declared a state of emergency in the country's
capital Bangkok on Tuesday and gave the army control of public order
after a man died in overnight clashes between pro- and anti-government
protesters.

Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej speaks during a news
conference at the Supreme Command Headquarters in Bangkok September 2,
2008. Sundaravej declared a state of emergency in the country's
capital Bangkok on Tuesday and gave the army control of public order
after a man died in overnight clashes between pro- and anti-government
protesters.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BANGKOK, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Supporters of Thailand's anti-
government group People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in the south
relaunched raids at several airports Tuesday despite the state of
emergency Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared in Bangkok in
the morning.

On Tuesday afternoon, PAD supporters blocked entrances of airport
in southern province Surat Thani to oppose the premier's imposing
state of emergency in Bangkok.

The supporters claimed that that they would seize the runway and
use it as a venue to hold anti-government protest in the province.

Airport staff, passengers and vehicles were blocked from entering
and exiting the airport.

Director of Surat Thani airport Chamnong Sorn-aksorn said that
security has been stepped up to prevent the protesters from seizing
the runway, according to a report by Bangkok Post

In southern transportation hub Hat Yai, Songkhla province, the Hat
Yai International Airport was closed Tuesday afternoon after PAD
protesters' raid.

Airport officials confirmed that the services of the airport were
suspended indefinitely since 1:00 p.m.(0600 GMT). All flights between
Bangkok and Hat Yai were cancelled.

In southern resort island of Phuket, PAD supporters vowed to
continue their protests, but pardoned its international airport.

Natcharong Eakpeumsap, head of the PAD protesters in Phuket, said
they would not block the airport as airline service was the only and
the fastest mean of transportation which could take them to join the
PAD protests at the Government House compound and nearby Makkawan
Rangsan Bridge in Bangkok.

The PAD would, instead, demonstrate at the city's Sapanhin Park.
At noon, PAD leader Sondhi Limthongkul told PAD protesters in Bangkok
that their men had seized the Phuket provincial hall.

PAD supporters already stormed the Hat Yai and Phuket airports and
another one in southern resort Krabi last Friday, causing temporary
closure of the airports, suspension and cancellation of many flights,
and left many passengers, including hundreds of foreign tourists,
stranded at the airport or forced to take other transportation means
to get back to their countries. The Hat Yai and Phuket airports
resumed operation one day after.

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Anti-gov't protesters storm Thai southern airports despite emergency
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