The reactions to hearing their leaders giving up. Nicolas Asfouri/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
“Please listen to me!” he pleaded to the crowd. “Brothers and sisters, I will use the word ‘beg.’ I beg you. We have to end this for now.” His call was not heeded, and protesters began setting nearby buildings ablaze.
Jatuporn Prompan, one of the Red Shirt leaders. speaking to the remaining people in protest zone yesterday.
From today’s New York Times story