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Over 50 killed : Suchinda imposes 'de facto' curfew

Death squads to hunt down Thai 'rioters'
BANGKOK. May 19: The Thal military said today It had set up mobile death squads to hunt down and kill rioters after a second night of antigovernment violence in Bangkok, reports Reuter.
A military spokesman accused motorcycle gangs of inciting violence among demonstrators campaigning 'peacefully' for democracy.
"The Bangkok Peace Keeping Council has now set up well-armed squads to terminate these gangs and stop their actions as soon as possible because the groups arc try-
ing to cause riots and anger among people that will lead io civil war." the spokesman said In a television announcement
An earlier announcement blamed the motorcycle gangs for arson attacks in the city. Several public buildings and more than a dozen buses were set ablaze in overnight violence.
AFP adds: Thai authorities, faced with collapsing public order, declared today a de facto curfew in Bangkok as mobs began to raid the Thai capital.
Prime Minister Suchlnda
Kraprayoon. speaking on national television, warned people to stay off the streets. The government in a late afternoon broadcast announced more police. military and civilian volunteers had been called upon following two nights of violence that left more than 50 people dead.
But he fell short of dcclar Ing a formal curfew, althrough a later television announcement said the situation In the city is deteriorating' as renewed rioting was likely, advised people to return home as soon as possible after you've
finished your business.'
There were reports of separate shooting incidents in at least one departmental store and In front of a bank, but details were sketchy.
There were also reports of a run on food supplies and fuel. Banks closed early due to the lack of cash and staff in major hotels advised guests not to leave the premises..
The area near Bangkok's democracy monument, where tens of thousands had rallied since Saturday to demand Suchlnda's resignation, was cleared early Tuesday morning by troops in a hall of gunfire, killing scores of people.
A volley of gunfirc-was* heard nearby in mid-afternoon, after a mob reportedly attacked a police station to press demands that those arrested during the unrest be released.
Chamlong Srimuang. a former Bangkok governor and a key opposition leader, and close aides were arrested Monday, and a government-run television station reported that 4.000 people had been arrested when troops quelled the anti-Suchinda protest.
Pockets of rioters gathered in other central Bangkok ar eas. and in one incident, three buses were set ablaze.
But. following the government's warnings, the rest of the city emptied rapidly as hundreds of police were de ployed late afternoon at key city intersections with rifles and shotguns. They also erected barricades on major avenues in an apparent bld to freeze all traffic and paralyze this city of some eight million people.
Government announcements over television repeat edly warned of the danger of motorcycle gangs. Monday night, hundreds of motorcy clists spread throughout the capital, attacking police, smashing police boxes and traffic lights tn an orgy of destruction.
During his television broad cast. Suchinda accused a former military leader with links to the communist move-
ment 20 years ago of trying to subvert Thailand's democratic system of government.
He did n6t mention the person by name, but the description left no doubt that he was referring to former supreme commander Chaowaltt Youngchaiyuth, who along with Chamlong. has been a key leader of the antl-Suchinda protests.
Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rojananli. the present supreme armed forces chief, told reporters that more opposition politicians may be arrested once police reports were In. He specifically mentioned former national security chief Prasong Soonsiri, a one time close aide to Chaowalit and now Chamlong's senior political adviser.
The American embassy here circulated a travel advisory issued by the US State Department that said Americans should 'defer travel to Bangkok, where clashes between police and protestor have spread to several areas of the central city.'
Meanwhile Amnesty International today Issued an urgent action' call to Its members over the arrest Monday in Bangkok of political leader Chamlong Srlmuang
The London-based human rights watchdog organization said it considered Chamlong a member of parliament, to be a prisoner of conscience' and added tt was concerned that Thai authorities had issued warrants for six other demon Stratton organisers