Guest Geezer Posted April 8, 2009 Posted April 8, 2009 Pattaya police chief transferred By: BangkokPost.com Published: 8/04/2009 at 01:59 PM The superintendent of Pattaya police station, Pol Col Sarayuth Sa-nguanpokai, was on Wednesday transferred to Provincial Police Region 2 headquarters for 30 days after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's car was attacked as he was leaving Pattaya on Tuesday. The deputy Commander of Chonburi Provincial Police becomes acting superintendent of Pattaya. Red-shirt protesters smashed the back window of Mr Abhisit's Land Cruiser and blocked its passage after he left a cabinet meeting in Pattaya. One of the accused assailants, Wanchalerm Kulsen, escaped from Pattaya City police station shortly after being arrested. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/13...ief-transferred Barney Phyfe is alive and well in Pattaya. Red-faced police let red shirt go Published: 8/04/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News Police have been ordered to pursue the red-shirt protesters who attacked the motorcade of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in Pattaya. "It was not a peaceful rally but, clearly, a legal violation," Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said of yesterday's protest. "The government has warned them but the red shirts continue to violate the law. They must face charges." Mr Suthep said he had given police one day to capture the offenders. In a farcical twist, protester Wanchalerm Kulsen, 22, who allegedly smashed the back window of the SUV carrying Mr Abhisit, escaped from Pattaya City police station shortly after being arrested. A police source said Mr Wanchalerm escaped after he asked to go outside for a cigarette. He did not return. Chon Buri police chief Bundit Khunjak said police would seek an arrest warrant for Mr Wanchalerm and two police teams would be assigned to track him down. Mr Abhisit's motorcade was surrounded and attacked by 20 protesters while leaving a cabinet meeting venue at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Pattaya Hotel. The group also damaged other vehicles in the motorcade. The cabinet yesterday held a meeting at the hotel as protesters continued to occupy the grounds outside Government House. After the meeting, as the motorcade was attempting to leave the hotel compound, a crowd of protesters surrounded the prime minister's official vehicle, a bullet-proof sedan. They rocked the vehicle, prompting the prime minister's bodyguards to take Mr Abhisit from the car and put him in the back seat of the Land Cruiser in front of the sedan. The protesters tried to pull the SUV driver out of the vehicle, smashed the back window with a motorcycle helmet and shouted obscenities at Mr Abhisit. Police and hotel security guards then engaged in a brawl with protesters. The SUV driver managed to get away. Other vehicles in the entourage followed moments later after police and hotel guards dispersed the protesters.Once the SUV reached the Bangkok-bound motorway, Mr Abhisit switched back to his official sedan. High-level officials and politicians in Mr Abhisit's entourage yesterday included Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu and Panithan Wattanayakorn, deputy secretary-general to the prime minister Another article reported one of the two assailants later disappeared from custody when the police let him go outside to smoke a cigarette. Red-faced police let red shirt go Published: 8/04/2009 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News Police have been ordered to pursue the red-shirt protesters who attacked the motorcade of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in Pattaya. "It was not a peaceful rally but, clearly, a legal violation," Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said of yesterday's protest. "The government has warned them but the red shirts continue to violate the law. They must face charges." Mr Suthep said he had given police one day to capture the offenders. In a farcical twist, protester Wanchalerm Kulsen, 22, who allegedly smashed the back window of the SUV carrying Mr Abhisit, escaped from Pattaya City police station shortly after being arrested. A police source said Mr Wanchalerm escaped after he asked to go outside for a cigarette. He did not return. Chon Buri police chief Bundit Khunjak said police would seek an arrest warrant for Mr Wanchalerm and two police teams would be assigned to track him down. Mr Abhisit's motorcade was surrounded and attacked by 20 protesters while leaving a cabinet meeting venue at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Pattaya Hotel. The group also damaged other vehicles in the motorcade. The cabinet yesterday held a meeting at the hotel as protesters continued to occupy the grounds outside Government House. After the meeting, as the motorcade was attempting to leave the hotel compound, a crowd of protesters surrounded the prime minister's official vehicle, a bullet-proof sedan. They rocked the vehicle, prompting the prime minister's bodyguards to take Mr Abhisit from the car and put him in the back seat of the Land Cruiser in front of the sedan. The protesters tried to pull the SUV driver out of the vehicle, smashed the back window with a motorcycle helmet and shouted obscenities at Mr Abhisit. Police and hotel security guards then engaged in a brawl with protesters. The SUV driver managed to get away. Other vehicles in the entourage followed moments later after police and hotel guards dispersed the protesters.Once the SUV reached the Bangkok-bound motorway, Mr Abhisit switched back to his official sedan. High-level officials and politicians in Mr Abhisit's entourage yesterday included Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu and Panithan Wattanayakorn, deputy secretary-general to the prime minister http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/1469...et-red-shirt-go Quote
Guest Astrrro Posted April 8, 2009 Posted April 8, 2009 Barney Phyfe is alive and well in Pattaya. That damn no smoking law in jails! B) Quote
