CHIANG RAI — As nationwide martial law takes hold in Thailand, pro-government Redshirts in Chiang Rai province “temporarily” suspended their political campaign, while soldiers were ordered to raid a state-owned television station in nearby Chiang Mai province.

Chiang Rai Redshirts had been organising a rally near Chiang Rai’s old city wall in league with the mass demonstration in Bangkok called by the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD).

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