Thai PM calls for calm after unrest

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BANGKOK, April 19 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva urged people Sunday to remain calm after a week of deadly protests and an assassination attempt on a leading political activist.
Abhisit vowed the government would bring to justice those responsible for Friday's attack on Sondhi Limthongkul, the leader of the so-called "Yellow Shirt" movement who led a blockade of Bangkok's airports last year.
The bid to kill Sondhi came days after rival "Red Shirts"-supporters of ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra-clashed with troops in riots in Bangkok that left two people dead and 123 injured.
"I call for all sides to remain calm," Abhisit said in his weekly national television address. "Anyone who tries to incite further unrest, intimidation and underground struggling is jeopardising our country and democracy."
The premier asked supporters of Sondhi's movement, the royalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), to avoid using the assassination attempt as a pretext for taking to the streets again.
"This case will be resolved in a straightfoward manner and as soon as possible, so I ask all those who support the PAD to be calm and don't make any movement," he said.
Gunmen raked Sondhi's car with automatic weapons fire Friday, wounding him, his driver and an aide.