O pa puipui i luga o le alatele, uaea uaea i ala savali, o fitafita faaauupegaina o loo leoleo ma tausia le saogalemu i luma o faleoloa - o le Silom Road lea i le afiafi o le Aso Lulu. O se tasi o nofoaga sili ona lauiloa i Bangkok, mo tagata uma ma tagata asiasi, ua amata ona foliga mai o se nofoaga o loʻo siʻomia. O le po nei, o lo'o nonofo ai Mitiafu Mumu i luga o pa puipui e 2m le maualuga na faia mai i la'au ofe, fa'aputuga o pa'u ma ma'a ta'i i tafatafa o Lumpini Park. A o latou alalaga atu, latou te maua ni tali mai se motu o tagata fou o loʻo faʻapotopoto i luga o le Silom Road. O tagata fou o lo'o ulufale mai o lo'o latou tauaveina fu'a o lo'o i ai fa'aupuga fa'amalo, o ata si'i a'e o le Tupu ma fa'ate'aina fu'a samasama - fa'ailoga o le Malo. O misa i le va o tagata tetee mitiafu mumu ma tagata Bangkok na faia i le po anapo i le Silom Road. Na tulai mai sauaga pe tusa o le itula e 11:30 i le afiafi ina ua amata ona togi e nisi o le au tetee i le malo ni fagu pia, tioata ma isi mea i le au tetee mitiafu mumu lea na tali atu i le togiina o Molotov cocktails e lua. O Mitiafu Mumu ma le au lagolago-Monarchy e lagolagoina le malo na feagai le tasi ma le isi i le Dusit Thani Hotel, na vavae ese e ala i auala.

E foliga mai ua faateteleina le leaga o lea tulaga – ina ua tapunia faletalimalo ma faleoloa faatau i le itu o Ratchaprasong, o le po nei o le taimi lea o le Silom Complex Plaza e tapunia. O le Dusit Thani ua leoleoina nei e le tele o leoleo o loʻo faʻaogaina le faʻalavelave - o se faʻailoga mataʻutia faʻafeiloaʻi i malo o loʻo nonofo i le faletalimalo. E tusa ai ma nusipepa, ua avea nei i latou ma fitafita 10,000 i le itu o Ratchaprasong/Silom, o loʻo feagai ma le 15,000 i le 16,000 tagata tetee Mitiafu Mumu. O le tele o tagata matau o loʻo faʻamoemoe i le taimi nei o se osofaʻiga a le militeri e faʻamama le nofoaga pe a maeʻa le folafolaga a le Palemia Abhisit Vejjajiva e faʻamalosia tulafono ma le faʻatonuga i totonu o le atunuʻu.

Na taʻua e le sooupu a le malo, o le tetee i le malo o loʻo i ai nei, na faʻateʻaina ai le silia ma le 60,000 tagata mai galuega, e ui lava mo sina taimi. O tupe gau fa'atatau i le THB 20 miliona (US$ 625,000) i le aso mo pisinisi o lo'o i totonu o le eria o Ratchaprasong.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Most observers expect now a military crackdown to clear the area following the promise by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to enforce law and order in the country.
After the closing of hotels and shopping centers in the Ratchaprasong area, tonight it was the Silom Complex Plaza’s turn to shut down.
Both Red Shirts and pro-Monarchy pro-government crowds faced each others around the Dusit Thani Hotel, separated only by the traffic on streets.