Red Shirts pledge peaceful rally marking anti-Thaksin coup’s 4th anniversary

CHIANG MAI, Sept 15 – Anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in the northern province of Chiang Mai, a major Red Shirt stronghold, on Wednesday promised a peaceful demonstration to mark the fourth anniversary of the September 19 coup which toppled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from power.

Pichit Tamool, secretary of the Chiang Mai Red Shirt group, said the event will be held at a provincial sport complex in the municipality this Sunday from noon until midnight. The Red Shirt caravan will also travel from Bangkok to Chiang Mai on Saturday.

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