Checkpoints on Bangkok-bound Ubon Ratchathani roads
Police, troops and Interior Ministry officials on Thursday set up several checkpoints on three major roads in Ubon Ratchathani that link to Bangkok in a last-minute effort to thwart transportation of supporters to the capital.
The checkpoints were functioning on Highway No 24 (Chokechai-Dej Udom), Highway No 23 (Ubon Ratchathani-Khon Kaen) and Highway No 227 (Ubon Ratchathani-Nakhon Ratchasima).
Officials staffing the checkpoints stopped passenger buses, charter buses, passenger vans and chartered vans to check.
A source said red-shirt leaders did not organise transport for supporters of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to the Supreme Court, because the leaders have been under close scrutiny by the military.
