It was around this time that Vannak observed the protest at the Independence
Monument. When he finished work at 5:00, the protestors had largely disbanded, but he
saw a series of small groups of students on mopeds driving past the monument. Vannak
got on his moped and ‘started to follow one of these groups that was heading to the
Thai Embassy. I wanted to learn what they were going to do.’ When they arrived at the
Embassy, ‘the traffic stopped. . . . There were so many people on the street in front of
the Embassy – students, non-students, journalists, and police.’