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Students call on police to act on attack against protesters

(5 Sep 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Pan of students gathering in front of police headquarters 2. Mid of student making speech 3. Wide of student making speech 4. Close of policemen watching 5. Wide of police headquarters 6. Wide of students listening to speech 7. Mid of students cheering 8. Close of student laughing 9. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Sattawat Inthrayuth, student activist: "It is the duty of the police to uphold justice for the people, for students. The police have to find out who exactly attacked the students." 10. Various of students holding flags standing on road 11. Various of students cheering as cars pass by STORYLINE: Hundreds of students gathered in front of the police headquarters in Bangkok on Friday to demand a probe into a shooting a day earlier, which wounded two students during a demonstration against the embattled prime minister. Earlier in the day Thai police warned students to avoid street protests in the wake of the attack, which raised new fears of violence in the country's tense political crisis. The attack came after Samak Sundaravej proposed a national referendum on Thursday to decide his political fate, an unconventional compromise that was dismissed by critics as a stalling tactic that will prolong the unrest. About 100 students were marching to demonstrate outside of Samak's home in the capital, Bangkok, late on Thursday when an unidentified gunman on the back of a motorcycle opened fire on the crowd, said police chief Colonel Somsak Bunsaeng. One of the students was shot in his left leg, the other in his left arm. Police said they were hospitalised but were not seriously hurt. "It is the duty of the police to uphold justice for the people, for students. The police have to find out who exactly attacked the students," Sattawat Inthrayuth, a student activist told AP Television on Friday. Anti-government protesters have occupied Samak's official headquarters, Government House, for 11 days, vowing not to leave until he resigns. The protests are led by a loosely knit group of royalists, wealthy and middle-class urban residents, and union activists. The alliance wants Parliament to be revamped so most lawmakers are appointed rather than elected, arguing that Thailand's impoverished rural majority is too susceptible to vote buying. Samak imposed a state of emergency on Tuesday after his opponents and supporters clashed near Government House in rioting that left one person dead and dozens wounded. Police said they told students late on Thursday evening that after the shooting, under the state of emergency their protest was not allowed, said a police spokesman. Shooting incidents are rare in Bangkok, which was calm on Friday with business going on as usual in most of the city. Anti-government protests have mostly been isolated to the area around Government House. Samak hopes his proposed referendum will allow him to keep his job while placating the People's Alliance for Democracy, which has vowed to continue its anti-government campaign. The referendum will ask the public to choose between the alliance and the government, but many analysts say a simple yes-no vote is insufficient in the face of a complicated political crisis. The protest alliance ridiculed the plan, saying Samak will manipulate the vote, just as they allege he did during general elections his party won in December 2007. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...