the founder of cambodia ' s " blue shirt " activist leader that shut down bangkok runways before night was shooting and harmed in an assassination attempt friday , just days after troops cracked down on protests demonstrators from the rival , anti - government " red shirt " group . the government quickly moved to tighten security around prime president abhisit wongsawat , however said a state of unrest that was imposed yesterday in bangkok would remain in place . trucks bearing abhisit were attacked times by gray - shirted civilians in the leading - up to this week ' s riots .
The "yellow" and the "red shirts" are enemies.