-- A rpt. on today's -
1406.oo.hrs. GMT. - BBC. R3. news was of gov't. tps. firing tear-gas into
red shirts protesters.
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The Baht Stop < reported that the a/m. occured in the area of the LUMPINI NIGHT BAZAAR at approx.
141215hrs. BKK. time, where previously some
red shirts had seized a couple of water-cannon trucks, wrenched-off the water-cannons and were using one of them to fire rockets from behind a sand-bagged point taken from the mil'y..
-- Today forenoon I walked along S'wong. rd., (where, on the other side of the rd. a gp. of some
50 or so riot police were proceeding.), and about 100yds. along Henri Dunant rd. to where the mil'y. had set-up road-blocks on both carriage-ways and were conducting rather cursory searches of all vehs..
- In the gen'l. area of the DUSIT THANI HTL. nothing unusual observed.
- At approx.
11.oo.hrs.
2 gps. of armed mil'y. were seen proceeding along Si Lom rd. towards the DT. HTL..
-- Up-dated to
1417oo.hrs.: on Si Lom amongst the places
CLOSED were - all outlets in ZUELLIG BLDG., SILCOM., McCAFE in CP. TWR., SECRET RECIPE, BUG & BEE, CHANG MASSAGE, SILOM MASSAGE, COFFEE SOC'Y., PARADIS DAY
SPA. SUKOTHAI MASSAGE & all outlets in the former ROBINSON'S STORE;
-
OPEN included: ANKOR MASSAGE, DELIFRANCE in UNITED CNTR. & NOODI.
- Walking along Rama IV. rd. at around
12nn. several small piquets of either riot police or mil'y. seen.
- In Soi Twilight, this around
12nn., DICK'S. CAFE. was
OPEN, as were BUNNY & BKK. MASSAGE.
-- At
1417oo.hrs. CHAMCHURI SQ. was observed as
CLOSED.
-- At around
141652.hrs.
tee rak & I were just about to pass by the former ROBINSON'S at the DUSIT THANI HTL. i'sect. when we heard what sounded like gun-fire coming from father along Rama IV. rd. and towards MRT. Lumpini pk.. A crowd of news-hounds, sensation-seekers and others scattered quickly enough, either on their m/cs. or on foot. We stayed there for approx. half-an-hr. or so before walking-on and along Si Lom rd. where the
orange colored & plastic barriers were deployed along with coils of razor-wire. A stronger mil'y. presence o'side. SILCOM.; with plenty of riot-police resting in the gen'l. area of Silom 4..
- P. Pong night mkt. was
not set-up. In P. Pong 2 FOODLAND was
OPEN as was the small & 24/7. cafe./rest't. next to it.
-- On the
0630hrs.GMT. BBC.R3. news it was announced that the British Foreign Office had
CLOSED the British Embassy. Possibly, although it was
not announced, there might be some sort of EMGY. svce. set-up for any Distressed & British Nationals? Any bets, anyone? :-(