"The media must not be targets in the current government-opposition conflict and must be allowed to continue doing their job of informing the public," it said. "Journalists themselves must also clearly respect the line between news and partisan campaigning."
Activists in a boat on the city's Chaopraya River shot at ASTV premises under cover of darkness and threw grenades, causing minor damage and slightly injuring one of the station's presenters, Natthawut Mitmark. The station had also been attacked by grenades on 24 November.
A cameraman of the state-run TV station TPBS was threatened by PAD demonstrators earlier this week after he filmed them firing at government supporters. The opposition protesters tried to grab his film.
Shots were fired and a home-made bomb thrown at the studios in Bangkok of the pro-government Taxi Radio 92.75 FM, which serves taxi-drivers, injuring two people late on 26 November. PAD security agents had beaten taxi-drivers at the same spot the previous day.
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