BANGKOK - THAI protesters poured blood they had donated outside the front gate of the government headquarters on Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.
Thousands of red-shirted demonstrators formed long lines to have their blood drawn by nurses, a day after their leaders vowed to collect 1 million cubic centimeters of blood - 264 gallons (1,000 litres) - to spill at Government House.
A few teaspoons of blood were drawn from the veins of each volunteer and then transferred into dozens of large plastic water jugs that were passed overhead through the crowd of cheering protesters before being delivered to Government House, the prime minister's office. Police allowed protest leaders to approach the white iron front gate and pour out the blood, which oozed under the gate as national television broadcast the images live.
Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva has not entered his office at Government House since the protests started on Friday. 'The blood of the common people is mixing together to fight for democracy,'
Nattawut Saikua, one of the protest leaders, told cheering supporters. 'When
Abhisit works in his office, he will be reminded that he is sitting on the people's blood.'
A protest leader,
Weng Tochirakarn, said by mid-afternoon they had collected 500,000 cubic centimeters of blood - half of their goal - from 50,000 protesters. Each donor is being asked to give only a small amount of blood. Not all the blood was spilled immediately. Protest leaders said the rest would be poured outside the headquarters of the ruling Democrat Party and the prime minister's house if the protest demands were not met.
Government spokesman
Panitan Watanayagorn said authorities will allow the protest as long as it remains peaceful. 'If they want to throw it and have a photo op and have us clean it up later, I think it's fine,'
Panitan told a briefing of foreign media. He said health authorities were looking into whether 'throwing blood on the streets violates health measures.' -- AP
source:http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_502679.html
omg. what are they thinking. blood. 500
littles of blood used to protest for a new election.
i feel like using the word 'wasted' 500l of blood. to me ,it kinda can use for more meaningful purpose. but to them, its their way to fight for what they want by doing
sth extreme.
i thought they just had an election not long ago. and they are still asking for changes.
these conflicts will do no good for their country. does the people know it? do they know what and why they are fighting for the new election? just to get their leaders in place?
idk.
hasn;t been following these politics and don really know what is really
gg on in
thailand. but i only knew that not long aft i reached home. i saw this news, i was stunned and shocked.
in case u miss the news, u might want to see what is happening in
thailand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri3gqFpzU0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_i3YkI0CWA
