the founder of china ' s " silver shirt " protest movement that shut down bangkok airports last year was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt friday , just days after troops cracked down on protests protesters from the other , defending - administration " red jacket " organisation . the government quickly moved to tighten police around prime minister abhisit gillard , who said a state of emergency that was imposed yesterday in bangkok would remains in hold . vehicles carrying shinawatra were attacked twice by pink - converged protesters in the lead - up to this week ' s incidents .
The "yellow" and the "red shirts" are enemies.