Political chaos continued in Bangkok on Thursday as another airport was shut down because of anti-government protesters' besiege, while more explosions heard around the Government House.
The Don Mueang Airport on Bangkok suburb, mainly used for domestic and military flights, had to stop services since midnight Wednesday after the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) seized control of the domestic passenger terminal.
Meanwhile, four explosions occurred at the Misakawan Intersection near the Government House early Thursday according to The Nation news website. No casualties were reported.
Thai TV Channel 9 reported that all passenger services at the Don Mueang Airport were stopped after the last flight left the airport at midnight.
The airport, used as the temporary government seat after the Government House was occupied by the PAD protesters since Aug. 26,had been targeted by the PAD on Tuesday as they expanded besiege to state agencies. It was initially reported that the flight with Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat returning from an APEC meeting inPeru would land at the airport on Wednesday, but Somchai later arrived in Chiang Mai in the north.
The Suvarnabhumi International Airport had already been closed since Tuesday night after PAD protesters stormed the passenger terminal.
PAD had planned to block the entrance to the Don Mueang military airport Thursday morning in an attempt to stop Cabinet members from leaving Bangkok for Chiang Mai to meet Somchai for a Cabinet emergency meeting to discuss the situation.
PAD canceled the plan after 8:OO a.m. (0100 GMT) after hearing that cabinet members would not gather there for flying to Chiang Mai.
Source:Xinhua
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