Apr 17th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
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Bangkok, Thailand -- The founder of Thailand's "yellow shirt" protest movement, which was behind the weeklong occupation of Bangkok's main airports late last year, was shot and wounded early today, a spokesman said.
A doctor at Vajira Hospital in Bangkok told reporters that Sondhi Limthongkul was undergoing surgery.
Sondhi's car was attacked at a gas station near the country's central bank about 5 a.m., a spokesman for his People's Alliance for Democracy said.
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