Chamlong to abandon Govt House as protest site

Hit by a series of M79 grenade-launcher attacks in the past week, PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang told protestors today to evacuate the Government House compound and move to Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang sites "because we won't be sitting ducks for the armed attackers any more."

Govt House will remain a day-time protest site, he said, but protestors won't stay over night there anymore because it is no longer a safe place especially at night.

Chamlong yesterday submitted a letter to the director of Suvarnabhumi Airport asking him to reopen the airport "because the protestors have not interfered with the runway or control tower."

More than 45 aircraft out of 88 stranded at Suvarnabhumi have been last night and today flown out to pick up stranded passengers at other airports.