JOURNALISTS IN THE THICK OF FIRE AS BANGKOK STREETS ERUPT
May 14th 2010 11:33
Journalists are in the thick of things as Bangkok begins to erupt.
At time of writing reports state that two foreign journalists were shot in the legs but details have yet to be confirmed.
A big drama played out for Tom Fuller of the International Herald Tribune/ New York Times group. He was in the middle of interviewing Major Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, alias Seh Daeng, when the Thai strongman was shot through the head by a sniper.
The most recent update on the shooting from the Bangkok Post states that Seh Daeng remains in critical condition, and there is a chance that he may not survive his head wound, director of Vajira Hospital Dr Wanchai Charoenchokethawee said on Friday morning.
Dr Wanchai, however, said Seh Daeng's overall condition had slightly improved.
Seh Daeng was shot in the head while he was giving an interview to a group of foreign reporters close to Chulalongkorn Hospital on Thursday night. The bullet exited through the nape of his neck.
At time of writing Seh Daeng is in a coma.
On October 23, 2008 the Straits Times reported, “The major general is not an ordinary man. He is 'Seh Daeng' - a folk hero in Thailand for his combat exploits from Laos to Cambodia to Aceh.
He speaks animatedly, eyes intense, face animated, gesticulating decisively.
He gets up and takes down a poster showing the covers of several books about him. They show him riding a white stallion, brandishing weapons, and dressed as a Muslim in an undercover mission in Aceh.
Seh Daeng is a larger than life figure in Thailand – a notorious, fearless maverick who famously laughs in the face of enemy fire.
The Straits Times article was headlined, “Nobody Messes with Seh Daeng.”
But somebody just has, and word on the Bangkok streets is that the sniper is from government’s military intelligence “black” squad.
At time of writing reports state that two foreign journalists were shot in the legs but details have yet to be confirmed.
A big drama played out for Tom Fuller of the International Herald Tribune/ New York Times group. He was in the middle of interviewing Major Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, alias Seh Daeng, when the Thai strongman was shot through the head by a sniper.
The most recent update on the shooting from the Bangkok Post states that Seh Daeng remains in critical condition, and there is a chance that he may not survive his head wound, director of Vajira Hospital Dr Wanchai Charoenchokethawee said on Friday morning.
Seh Daeng was shot in the head while he was giving an interview to a group of foreign reporters close to Chulalongkorn Hospital on Thursday night. The bullet exited through the nape of his neck.
At time of writing Seh Daeng is in a coma.
On October 23, 2008 the Straits Times reported, “The major general is not an ordinary man. He is 'Seh Daeng' - a folk hero in Thailand for his combat exploits from Laos to Cambodia to Aceh.
He speaks animatedly, eyes intense, face animated, gesticulating decisively.
He gets up and takes down a poster showing the covers of several books about him. They show him riding a white stallion, brandishing weapons, and dressed as a Muslim in an undercover mission in Aceh.
Seh Daeng is a larger than life figure in Thailand – a notorious, fearless maverick who famously laughs in the face of enemy fire.
The Straits Times article was headlined, “Nobody Messes with Seh Daeng.”
But somebody just has, and word on the Bangkok streets is that the sniper is from government’s military intelligence “black” squad.
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