Thai PM not worried about blood pouring by red-shirted people

BANGKOK, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he was informed by the peace-keeping operations command Wednesday morning the red-shirted group headed to pour their collected blood at his residence, but there was nothing to worry about, a state-owned media reported.

Thai policemen are deployed in front of the ruling Democrat Party's headquarters in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, March 16, 2010. The Thai anti-government group here on Tuesday poured the blood donated earlier the day by the "red-shirts", who are staging a mass rally in an effort to topple the government. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

The Thai prime minister's residence is located on Street Sukhumvit 31 in the center of capital Bangkok.

Also, in the morning Abhisit flew to a southern province of Songkhla to attend a funeral of former Bannang Sata police chief Sompian Eksomya, who was killed by a roadside bomb on Friday, the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) under the Public Relations Department of the government, reported.

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban invoked the Internal Security Act (ISA) to ban the demonstrations on Street Sukhumvit 31, where the Abhisit's house is situated, from March 17 to 23.

Ten more companies of police and soldiers were deployed Wednesday morning to reinforce six companies of security officials at the premier's place.

Thousands of the red-shirted people arrived at the street at about 11:45 a.m., local time, in a heavy rain.

They were stopped by the security forces about ten meters away from Abhisit's house before they managed to break through the blockade to pour the blood at the entrance gate and inside the yard.

They poured the blood at the gate of prime minister's house at about 12:00 a.m., local time, after they initiated the blood- pouring tactic Tuesday at the Government House and the headquarters of the ruling Democrat Party.

Some plastic bags full of blood and filthy stuff were also threw into the yard. One of the building was stained by the blood, according to the reporter at site.

The blood was donated Tuesday by red-shirted protesters. More than 300 liters, stored in 40-gallon drums, were collected.

The red-shirted movement has staged the rally to topple the Abhisit-led-Administration since March 12, urging the premier to dissolve the parliament and to call a fresh election.