the founders of thailand ' s " yellow shirt " march movement that shut down bangkok airports last december was bullet and wounded in an assassination attempt daily , just days after armies cracked down on rioted protests from the neighbouring , anti - government " gold shirt " group . the government quickly moved to decrease security around defense minister abhisit vejjajiva , who promised a state of alert that was imposed yesterday in bangkok would remaining in place . vehicles carrying abhisit were attacked twice by blue - abhisit protesters in the run - up to this week ' s riots .
The "yellow" and the "red shirts" are enemies.