It is red holiday for Abhisit
IT is 10pm on a Wednesday night in Bangkok. And there’s a picnic in
front of the residence of General Prem Tinsulanonda, the 88 year-old
chief adviser to the Thai king. A “picnic” if you disregard the phalanx of riot policemen standing
guard along the concrete fence of Prem’s home, the red-shirted
protesters shouting “ok pai Prem (Prem get out in Thai)” and a poster depicting Thaksin Shinawatra as Superman. Free
food - fried noodles and bottled mineral water - is flowing. Most of
the protesters are sitting picnic-style on the road listening to
stinging speeches condemning Prem.