On 16 April, Athikhom Sapchang, a taxi driver, made a complaint with the press at the red shirts’ Rajprasong rally site that after he had joined other red shirts in helping red-shirt leaders escape the authorities’ attempted round up at the SC Park Hotel, he left the scene and drove around to look for passengers.  When he arrived at Soi Bang Bua in Bang Khen, he found a group of people setting up a checkpoint at the entrance of the Soi.

Once the group of people saw his car, with a red flag attached to the antenna at the back of the car, they opened the door and tried to snatch his UDD membership card which was hanging at the front.  He reversed the car, turned around and drove towards the Sri Prathum University side of the road.  However, a car belonging to the group moved to block his car.  Some of the group smashed the windshield of his car with wooden clubs.  His antenna was also broken.

After talks with the red-shirt leaders, he intended to file a complaint at Bang Khen Police Station.  Suphorn Atthawong, a red-shirt leader, told him to get his car fixed, and the leaders would cover the costs.