Major Escalation of Violence at Royal Cliff Hotel

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This news just broke less than 10 minutes before this post:

 

The following appears in THE NATION:

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Arisman Directs Protesters to Hunt for PM Inside Royal Cliff Beach Hotel

 

Arisman Pongruangrong, a red-shirted leade, directed protesters to raid inside the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel to hunt for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

 

After the protesters broke inside the building of the hotel at 12:50 pm, Arisman kept on urging protesters to go inside to look for Abhisit and to disrupt all Asean meetings.

 

TNN News agency reported that the raid by the protesters, who smashed the hotel's windows, prompted all meetings to be canceled immediately.

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And this:

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TNN Reports Some Vehicles Speed out of Hotel

 

TNN reported live from the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel at 1:12pm that some vehicles sped out of the hotel, passing through protesters after the red-shirted protesters stormed inside the hotel.

[Guest GaySacGuy]

CNN International just did a News Break with the story of the Red Shirts inside the hotel. They showed the lobby full of Red Shirts and reporters mostly, and said that the meetings were being postponed, and that the security and military was doing nothing to stop the Red Shirts in order to prevent violence.

 

They compared that to the tight security with some heavy handness being used in London at the G10 meeting.

 

Again, this is not the kind of news Thailand needs to be making. They did explain that the purpose is to drive the government out that so far there was little violence taking place.

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New is breaking fast. This just in from THE NATION:

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Asean Summit in Pattaya Collapses

 

Thai government decided to postpone indefinitely the Asean Summit in Pattaya after red shirts protesters broke into the hotel which is hosting the summit.

 

Government spokesman Panithan Wattanayakorn said the leaders who were attending the Summit which started on Friday are leaving the compound.

 

"The leaders and the Thai government decided to delay the summit as the situation is not safe for them and the officials," he said in a telephone interview with Thai TV station.

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This just in from THE NATION:

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Govt Announces State of Emergency in Pattaya, Chon Buri

 

Prime Minister Abhisit announced on TV that the government announced state of emergency in Pattaya and Chon Buri following the raid of the summit venue.

 

Abhisit said Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban was assigned to enforce the emergency law to control the situation.

 

He said the government had made sure that all Asean leaders and other foreign leaders would leave the country safely.

 

[Guest GaySacGuy]

Another CNN News Break....the ASEAN summit has been cancelled, and a state of emergency declared in Pattaya after the Red Shirts smashed doors and enteren in mass the hotel where the meeting were being held.

 

Still, no action is being taken to stop the Red Shirts by police, military or security forces. Oh Well!

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Thanks for all the updates GB - better than watching CNN!

 

I believe Abhisit must now resign. He promised the government would ensure the summit would go ahead. It has not. He has to go.