UDD Red Shirts cancel political talk show scheduled for King’s birthday

BANGKOK, Dec 4 — Thailand’s anti-government Red Shirts, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) have cancelled their plan to hold a political talk show on Sunday, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 83rd birthday, a UDD leader said Saturday.

Sombat Boonngamanong, leader of the Red Sunday group, told a press conference that the UDD had decided to drop their plan to hold a political talk show at a major shopping mall in Bangkok tomorrow following talks with Pol Maj-Gen Vichai Sangprapai, commander of Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police Division 1, assigned by the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) to negotiate with the activists to cancel their activity.

However, the UDD will organise polical talks show on Monday as planned, Mr Sombat said.

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