BANGKOK, 19 September 2010 (NNT) – The gathering of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) supporters on Sunday remains peaceful while security officers have prepared stringent measures to tackle possible unrest instigation, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Speaking after his weekly TV program “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit” at the […]
BANGKOK, Sept 18 — Nearly 2,000 police will be deployed around Ratchaprasong where anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) activists will conduct activities to mark the fourth month since government forces forcefully regained the area from the protesters. Eighty-nine persons were killed, and at least 1,900 were wounded during several confrontations […]
BANGKOK, 18 September 2010 (NNT) – The anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has released a caravan of 50 red vehicles from Bangkok this morning heading north to join other groups of protestors in Chiang Mai. An assemblage of the red-shirt UDD supporters has taken off on a journey from Bangkok this morning […]
LONDON, Sept. 17 (UPI) — British nationals are advised against traveling near large gatherings in Bangkok through Sunday as Red Shirt demonstrations could turn violent, London warned. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said so-called Red Shirt protesters are preparing demonstrations in Bangkok and Chiang Mai to mark the anniversary of a 2006 coup. The […]
Trouble expected for protest anniversary Security is being stepped up at prisons where red shirt members are expected to turn up to demand the release of their leaders being held there. Chartchai Sutthiklom, director-general of the Corrections Department, said he has ordered security to be tightened at prisons, especially where red shirt leaders are held […]
Foreigners are warned by the US Embassy, Bangkok, to use caution in Bangkok and in and around Chiang Mai as the Red Shirts begin yet another demonstration which could turn violent as the 4th Anniversary of the ousting of Prime Minister Thaksin and the fourth month anniversary of the end of the Red Shirts protests […]
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 […]
The Metropolitan Police Bureau will deploy 400 anti-riot police to keep security at the Rajprasong Intersection when the red-shirt movement organises activities to mark the 4th coup anniversary, the bureau chief said Monday. Pol Lt Gen Santhan Chayanon, the metropolitan police commissioner, said the 400 police would prevent the red-shirt people from moving from the […]
