Two complain of assualt by pad gaurds

The first complaint was lodged at the Metropolitan Police Bureau, where Khao Jaengsuk, 39, showed up on Wednesday night with a broken jaw and a shallow knife wound to his stomach.

His right arm was in a soft plaster cast and he had also sustained numerous bruises on his left arm.

Khao said six PAD guards had attacked him on October 25, accusing him of being a member of an anti-PAD group in Udon Thani.

"They tried to force a confession out of me. But I am not in an anti-PAD group. In fact, I had been attending the PAD rally at Government House since early September," he said.

He added that the PAD guards had kicked, punched and threatened him.

"They locked me up in a room but released me the next day," said Khao, whose relatives sent him to Rajvithi Hospital for treatment.

The second complaint was filed by a taxi-motorcyclist, Am Daosing.

Am, 39, yesterday told police that PAD guards had physically assaulted him on Wednesday after seeing his vehicle sporting a sticker emblazoned with the message "Fed up with PAD".

"I took a passenger from Siam Square to Government House that day. After she got off, I ran into a group of PAD guards at Chamai Maruchet Bridge," Am said. "They pointed at the sticker and dragged me into a room near a shrine".

He said that inside the room, the guards beat him up while questioning whether he had been paid to wreak havoc at the PAD rally.

"They even took away my ATM and forced me to give them the code. After they checked the ATM and found that I had no money, they allowed me to go home," said Am, who was detained by the guards for more than four hours.

When Am found his left temple was swollen yesterday morning, he sought treatment at the Police General Hospital. He then lodged a complaint with the police.

"Their actions are so barbaric. We are all Thais. We can talk," he said.