and the guy in the middle burned his drivers licens.

#And the guy in the middle burned his drivers licens. driver#

Police have warned they will take action against protesters, with a permit required for any gatherings of more than four people. Protesters demanded to know why rising profits from oil exports were not being used as subsidies to the poor.Ī march was due today in Kuala Lumpur to the Petronas Twin Towers, headquarters of oil giant Petronas.Ī million people are expected for another demonstration in the capital next month. Malaysia is Asia's largest net oil exporter, earning £38 million a year in revenue for every 50 pence rise in crude prices. Opposition groups in Malaysia have vowed to push on with mass protests against a 41 per cent hike in petrol prices - despite a pledge from the Prime Minister to keep prices fixed for the rest of the year. Thai Airways International raised its fuel surcharges by up to 100 per cent on Wednesday due to the rising cost of jet fuel.įury united: Activists from the Communist Party of India stop a train at Guwahati Railway Station during a protest against the hike in fuel prices One fishermen's group said more than half of the 50,000 fishing boats under its wing are being kept ashore because of the high cost of diesel. 'I am not concerned about the lorry drivers' threat to strike because the government is seeking to subsidise the transport sectors as the whole,' he said.

Lorry drivers' leaders have warned the government it has until next Tuesday to subsidise their fuel or face at least 100,000 vehicles rumbling into Bangkok.įinance Minister Suraphong Suebwonglee said there were plans to help reduce transport costs. In Thai capital Bangkok, tens of thousands of heavy lorries threatened to cause havoc as farmers demonstrated and fishermen have begun burning their boats in nationwide protests against soaring prices of fuel and other essentials. Traffic ground to a halt as anti-riot police halted the convoy, including about 500 tuk-tuks, Manila's three-wheeled taxis. Petrol prices there have risen about 24 per cent this year.Īnger: Drivers take their grievances onto the streets of Manila Hundreds of lorries and minibuses blocked roads in Manila leading to Malacanang Palace yesterday to demand the lifting of a 12 per cent sales tax on fuel. Spain appears to have been worst hit, with lorry drivers on either side of the dispute paying with their lives. Protests have now gone worldwide, with the Philippines and Thailand also seeing angry workers taking to the streets. In France, hauliers mounted protest drives on motorways.

In Portugal, lorry drivers agreed to lift road blocks after their union accepted a deal with their government.īut it followed the death of a man near Lisbon on a picket line. The government has reached a deal with most of Spain's hauliers on relief from rising costs. Spain's road system was returning to normal after the interior ministry ordered police to get tough. One rock smashed into the windscreen heading straight for my head.' Mr Copestake, who has a chain of estate agencies in London, said: 'It was terrifying.

#And the guy in the middle burned his drivers licens. driver#

New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTįury: A lorry driver whose cab was set alight after he crossed a picket line in Alicante, Spain, lies on the floor with serious burnsĪ British father and his son feared for their lives when a mob of Spanish truckers hurled rocks at their van.ĭavid Copestake, 40, and son Dylan, 12, were pelted as they drove on a dual carriageway.

If convicted, Martz could be fined and face up to 30 days in jail. Under an Iowa statute, desecration of the flag is a simple misdemeanor, said Calhoun County Attorney Tina Meth-Farrington after Martz' arrest. These brave public servants knew they were doing wrong, but they don't make the laws, they just enforce them. 'So I walked back out and put them back up, and they arrested me.' We have a statute.' I said I'm sorry but you shouldn't have took them down,' he said. One of the officers was carrying his two flags. 'About 11 o'clock two Calhoun County sheriffs walked up to my door,' Martz told the Messenger last week. 'In China there is no freedom, no protesting, no due process. Martz hung his American flag upside down under a Chinese flag and wrote the following statement on his flag pole: Instead, this innocent man chose to make a statement at his own house. Martz didn't grab an AR-15 and go shoot up a crowd, he didn't even make a sign and protest city hall. All Martz asked was that the company move the pipeline 150 feet over to avoid the potential danger of interfering with his water supply.