Called Off - Farmers to target BKK Airport

[Edge RIP]

See Post # 7.

 

Lifted from Thaivisa / The Nation.

 

Rice farmers on tractors head for Bangkok down the Asian Highway yesterday. The farmers planned to spend last night in Pathum Thani, just north of the capital.

 

About 10,000 to arrive in capital today in bid to push govt to resign; leader RULES out siege of airport

BANGKOK: -- Tens of thousands of farmers, travelling on more than 1,000 farm tractors in a long convoy from the upper northern and central provinces, will today arrive in Bangkok and move to Suvarnabhumi Airport in a concerted attempt to pressure the caretaker government to resign.

 

[footopic]

Hmm. It will be difficult to get to patts from airports definitely. But on the other hand I respect to those people who demand their rights.

[Cosmic36]

I'll be really pissed if my only means of getting from Swampy to Patters is old tractor. In retrospect I probably paid for a few tractors via shagging their daughters.

[Edge RIP]

I'll be really pissed if my only means of getting from Swampy to Patters is old tractor. In retrospect I probably paid for a few tractors via shagging their daughters.

 

 - I think I can see a couple of buffalo at the back which might be yours.

[LTGTR]

Don't they have adult-sized tractors in Thailand?

[Edge RIP]

Don't they have adult-sized tractors in Thailand?

 

If you're being serious............

 

...........these are rice farmers, anything bigger couldn't manoeuvre in the paddies and would probably sink.

 

Anyway, won't take many of them to block the road into the airport.

[Cerberus]

BANGKOK, 21 February 2014 (NNT) – Farmers who have yet to receive their money from the government have called off its protest plan at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Speaking for farmers gathering in Ayutthaya province, former Chartthaipattana Party member Chada Thaiseth said the farmers angered by the government’s financially plagued rice support program would no longer march to Suvarnabhumi Airport, after they had been assured by the government that they would be paid for their pledged rice.

According to Mr. Chada, the farmers merely wanted to make a symbolic gesture, with no intentions to cause disturbances to air traffic.

[svjedi]

This is good news it would suck to be stuck at the airport and no be able to go in. Thanks for the update

[udontony]

This is good news it would suck to be stuck at the airport and no be able to go in. Thanks for the update

On the other hand it would be lovely to be stuck in Thailand and couldn`t get out!

[Lord Jesus]

I fly in a week sunday so was a tad apprehensive about this. Allegedly it was a senior Monk that told them this would be a bad idea...??

[Edge RIP]

I fly in a week sunday so was a tad apprehensive about this. Allegedly it was a senior Monk that told them this would be a bad idea...??

 

Somehow I doubt that the Kubotas would have been any match for the Army's tanks.