2,433 stranded Chinese citizens back home from Thailand
1/12/2008 16:04
China had brought back 2,433 Chinese citizens stranded in Thailand by 8:30
am (0030 GMT) today, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
According to a
statement on the ministry's website, the government will send two more charter
planes to Thailand today, to fetch home the remaining citizens still stuck
there. About 600 people from the Chinese mainland were still estimated to be
trapped in Thailand.
The statement said the Foreign Ministry will keep
coordination with relevant departments such as Civil Aviation Administration of
China (CAAC) and China's National Tourism Administration, and direct the Chinese
Embassy in Bangkok to closely watch the development of the event, so as to
assist all the stranded Chinese citizens back safely as soon as
possible.
Nearly 100,000 passengers missed flights since People's Alliance
for Democracy (PAD) protestors besieged and shut down Bangkok's two main
airports Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don Mueang domestic airport last
week.
Xinhua
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