Thai 'yellow shirt' leader shot - 泰國“黃衫軍”林明達中槍
Sondhi Limthongkul, the Manager media mogul and founder of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), survived an attempt on his life early on Friday, as gunmen attacked his car with automatic rifle fire.
Chaiwan Charoenchoketavee, director of Vajira Hospital, said an operation to remove bullet shrapnel from Mr Sondhi's head was successful.
Mr Sondhi would have to remain in the hospital's intensive care unit for about a week while he recovers.
"The operation is completed. It took about two hours and Mr Sondhi is now safe, in a good condition and able to talk," Dr Chaiwan told a news conference.
"The bullet shrapnel penetrated the outer skull and caused the broken skull to crush the outer membrane of the brain, but it did not penetrate into the brain itself," he said.
The wound was more serious because of his age.
Police said the gunmen, riding in a pickup, fired about 100 rounds from assault rifles through the windows of Mr Sondhi's car as he was on the way to moderate his regular programme at the studios of the satellite TV station, ASTV, about 5am on Friday.
"At least two attackers followed Mr Sondhi's car, overtook it and sprayed it with about 100 rounds of gunfire from AK-47 and M-16s,'' Pol Col King Kwaengwisatchaicharn said.
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法新社引述一名警官指，最少有2名槍手，用AK-47衝鋒槍和M-16自動步槍，狂轟超過100輪。該名警官指，林明達肩膊中槍，現時已經脫險。
美聯社指，林明達肩膊中槍，眼眉亦遭子彈擦傷，幸運地保住性命。
路透社引述人民民主聯盟發言人稱，林明達是在當地時間凌晨5時許，在中央銀行附近一個油站遇襲的，同車的司機和保鑣亦受傷。槍手先射穿了其車胎，然後向林明達的座駕掃射。
林明達所帶領的“黃衫軍”，曾在去年11月發起暴力抗爭行動，佔據曼谷國際機場，逼使當時的首相頌猜下台。其後阿披實接任首相一職。
近日在芭堤雅和曼谷示威、並爆發衝突的示威者，是親塔辛的“紅衫軍”。目前，曼谷與周邊地區，仍處於緊急狀態。
林明達（Sondhi Limthongkul）是泰國第三代華裔，也是傳媒大亨。他在塔辛尚任首相時，發起“倒塔辛”運動，並創立“人民民主聯盟”，亦即所謂的“黃衫軍”，進行大規模街頭示威，要求塔辛下台。
後來，塔辛在2006年9月在軍事政變中被推翻下台。
塔辛下台後，親塔辛陣營的沙馬和頌猜先後接任首相，“黃衫軍”繼續發動街頭抗爭，最後沙馬和頌猜都下台。而林明達一直扮演“黃衫軍”靈魂人物的角色。
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Jatukam phayant B.E 2530
B.E 2530 Jatukam 布符
據小道消息說林明達當時所配戴的是Suriyan Chantra B.E2530 跟BE 2530 Jatukam 布符. 是不是林明達的佛牌顯靈...助他逃過一劫??這就由你自己判斷吧。
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