Today for the first time, I was surprised to see that armed soldiers had arrived at the Provincial Hall in Samut Prakan. I think this is the first time we have had soldiers here since the coup.
For the last two months, the city hall area has been guarded by people from Samut Prakan. However, as I found out last week after my chat with one of them, some of the guards are actually red sympathisers!
The Reds had threatened to burn down the provincial hall if they were forcibly evicted from Ratchaprasong. I think only now they are taking this threat seriously. So, that is why the soldier arrived here late last night during curfew. Although they have guns, they don’t have any clips from what I saw.
Up to this point, Samut Prakan hasn’t suffered from any of the riots or violence. Maybe because it is a Red stronghold. I think it is really doubtful anything will happen here but I guess it is better to have soldiers here and be safe.
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better than KFC and McDonalds lol but the name...
hana_panda
23/05/2010 at 9:22 pm
what happen at my province!!!. I pray for peace in thailand everyday.