Umbono wenhlangano enodlame engaphansi komhlaba engabhidliza imboni yezokuvakasha yaseThailand uvele emlotheni enkabeni yedolobha laseBangkok.
Ababhikishi be-“Redshirt” banyamalale ezigodini ezingemuva njengoba ikamu labo lidlulwa amasosha ngeledlule ngosuku abantu abaningi baseThailand abalubize ngolubi kakhulu emlandweni wesimanje wezwe labo.
Uphiko oluhlomile lwalo mbutho lufunge ukuthi luzoqhubeka nokulwa futhi luphinde luncibilike emiphakathini yabasebenzi nabalimi, abanye babo abaphumele obala babashayela ihlombe ngokuthatha isibhamu.
Izibalo ezigqoke ezimnyama imizimba yazo eyayenziwe iphethini ngama-tattoos angaqondakali, zadlala izigqizo zegolide zomlingo ukuze zixoshe izinhlamvu - kodwa futhi zagqoka amajakhethi ayisicaba njengomshwalense owengeziwe.
"Akekho olawula uphiko lwethu okuthiwa luhlomile," kusho uSean Boonprasong, okhulumela i-redshirt, ngaphambi nje kokuba aboshwe. “Manje abaningi bazongena ngaphansi komhlaba. Manje abasenabaholi. Noma ngabe bangobani, siyabathanda.”
Ucwaningo lwezehlakalo ezinodlame, eziningi zazo ezingabikwanga phesheya, lubonisa ukuthi izinkinga sezivele zenzekile ezikhungweni zezivakashi zaseThailand iPhuket, Pattaya kanye neChiang Mai phakathi namasonto okugcina enhlekelele.
Bangaphezu kuka-800,000 abantu baseBrithani abavakashela eThailand ngonyaka odlule, kodwa izinkulungwane zokubhukha sezikhanseliwe kanti amanye amahhotela eBangkok akanalutho ngemuva kokugasela kwamasosha ngoLwesithathu.
Izinsongo, ukugetshengwa, ukugetshengwa kanye nokudubula okungahleliwe kuyo yonke indawo enkabeni yedolobha ngalolo suku kwabonisa ukuthi izigebengu zazingene phakathi kwezixuku ezinokuthula zamadoda, abesifazane nezingane ababegqoke ezibomvu ezazikanise kulokho ezazikubiza ngokuthi umzamo “wentando yeningi”.
Amasosha ahlonishwe njengamaqhawe emijondolo yase-Klong Toey, isifunda esigcwele ubugebengu esibona impi enzima kodwa yadonsa amehlo abezindaba. Izibhamu ezinkulu, ezinomsindo kanye nezibhamu ezinanelayo zilandele umkhondo wesiyaluyalu kusukela emijondolo kuya emaphethelweni eSukhumvit, indawo egcwele imindeni ephuma kwamanye amazwe, amabhizinisi angaphandle kanye nezikole zamazwe ngamazwe.
Kwakusuka e-Klong Toey lapho amadoda agqoke izithuthuthu ezimnyama aphuma ngesivinini ayothungela ibhilidi elikhazimulayo lokuhwebelana ngamasheya, elibheke phansi kwelinye icala lempambano yomgwaqo. Kamuva kwaba nokulandisa okuningi okuvela kubahlali ababethukile bezingubo ezibomvu eziziphindiselela ababebuthene emikhandlwini yempi emihumeni yokuphuza nasezindlini eziqashisayo.
"Bathi kufanele senze lokho amaSulumane akwenzayo eningizimu," kubika abantu abambalwa bendawo, bebhekisela ekuvukeleni okungamathunzi osekudle abantu abangaphezu kuka-3,000 ezifundazweni eziseningizimu yeThailand kusukela ngo-2004. Umkhankaso wokubulala ongenabaholi abaziwayo, okuyinto amasosha ayikwazanga ukuma.
Izikhali ziyatholakala ngempela. Kutholwe inqwaba yamabhomu, izibhamu neziqhumane njengoba amasosha ezulazula obishini olumnyama kanye netshe elibi lendawo ebikade iyizitolo ezihlakaniphe kakhulu e-Bangkok.
Uhulumeni ubambe izintambo zokulawula izindaba zikamabonakude, wacindezela izithombe zabantu abashonile futhi wavala amawebhusayithi ngokukhulu ukushesha, kwaholela umhlaziyi wephephandaba iThai Rath, iphephandaba elidume kakhulu ezweni, ukuthi “ambalwa ama-akhawunti ayiqiniso ashicilelwe noma asakazwa”.
I-spin ayizange isebenze. Kunobufakazi obandayo bokuthi abashonile abangu-52 kanye nezisulu ezingama-407 ezilimele ngenxa yalesi sifo sakamuva badale ukuqubuka kwenzondo, kwashiya isithunzi saseThailand njengombuso wokuzwana kwamaBuddha saba yincithakalo.
Kule mpelasonto uhulumeni ka-Abhisit Vejjajiva, undunankulu kanye nomkhiqizo we-Eton kanye ne-Oxford, umemezele ukuthi umthetho nokuhleleka sekubuyile, nakuba umthetho wewashi ebusuku usasebenza. Kodwa abahlaziyi baseThailand cishe emhlabeni wonke bakubona njengokunqoba okuyize futhi babikezela uhlobo oluhlukile lodlame oluzayo.
Inhlangano eyazalelwa ekuphikisaneni okukhulu nokusungulwa kobukhosi kungenzeka ukuthi yabangela ukuvukela umbuso esikhathini esingangesonto. Kungase kube nesikhathi esincane sokuba ipolitiki evamile iphinde isebenze. Ngokusho kukaThitinan Pongsudhirak, omunye wabahlaziyi bezepolitiki baseThailand abahlonishwa kakhulu, ababomvu bangene esigabeni "sokumelana nezikhali".
Izibukeli eziye zavala izindawo ze-warzones zabona ama-reds acabanga futhi aphuma ngaphandle kwebutho ukuze afinyelele imigomo efana namabhange, amahhovisi kahulumeni nezitolo ngaphesheya kwendawo yokubhikisha. Amaqhinga anjalo enziwe kahle. Imibiko eqoqwe yihhovisi lenxusa laseBrithani ichaza kabanzi ngezingxabano zakuleliya lizwe kusukela ngenyanga edlule.
Kube nezigameko eziyisithupha zamabhomu noma amabhomu eChiang Mai, lapho amabhasi ashiswa khona emigwaqweni yezivakashi enamahlamvu kanye nezindimbane zabantu zabuthana zizobhikisha esiteshini sesitimela.
Ngo-April 26, izixuku zaseThailand eziyizimbangi zalwa edolobheni elisogwini lasePattaya. Esiqhingini sokungcebeleka sasePhuket, ama-sappers acekele phansi ibhomu elishiywe esiteshini sethelevishini sendawo, i-ASTV, ngoMeyi 12. Kubikwe uthuthuva, ukushiswa noma ukudubula eChiang Rai, Khon Kaen nase-Udon Thani. Izikhumulo zezindiza, imigwaqo kanye nojantshi besitimela konke kuye kwavinjwa ngezinye izikhathi.
Uhulumeni ubeka leli cala kuThaksin Shinawatra, owayengundunankulu owayedingisiwe, owawina ukhetho kulandelana ngaphambi kokuketulwa kwezempi ngo-2006, okuyisinyathelo esibonakale saba yinhlekelele kubantu abayizicukuthwane ababeseseka.
UThaksin - othumela ama-tweets namavidiyo kubalandeli bakhe - washesha ukubikezela impi yabashokobezi ekuqaleni futhi wagxeka "udlame lombuso kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu". Kodwa njengoba uThais esabela ngokumangala lapho eqaphela ukuthi inhloko-dolobha yabo yayivutha, uThaksin washintsha iculo lakhe.
“Izwe laseThailand liyalila,” esho. "Ngijoyina bonke abathanda izwe laseThailand obizweni lwabo olusheshayo lokuzola, ukuhleleka nokungabi nodlame."
