Police received some complaints yesterday from members of the public who were inconvenienced by the red shirts' procession while travelling on several roads in Bangkok, while a red-shirt protester was injured in an automobile accident during the march.
Somchart Poonlak, a 30-year-old company employee, said holding a rally was the right of people living in a democracy. "I can accept their procession, as they announced their intention to us before they marched across Bangkok and I was able to avoid the traffic," he said.
Suraphat Duangkaew, a 34-year-old communication-system officer, said more than 10 customers had cancelled contracts with him since the red-shirt protesters moved on the 11th Infantry Regiment earlier in the week. "I would like to beg the protesters not to make any further trouble for people," he said.
A group of red-shirt motorcyclists who preceded the march stopped briefly in front of the TV Channel 3 offices on Rama IV Road. They shouted and honked their horns before leaving without incident.
Some residents of Soi Pridee 4 carried banners in protest against the red-shirt leaders when the front line of the march reached the Klong Tan area at 2pm.
One red-shirt protester was slightly injured when a sedan car crashed into his motorcycle on Sukhumvit Soi 71.
