(3 February) More than 40 shots have been fired during the clashes between rival protest groups in northern Bangkok on Saturday, police said. The gunbattle erupted in the evening of 1 February when scores of pro-election protesters, mostly Redshirts, attempted to retake Laksi District Office from the besieging anti-election protesters led by the People′s Committee […]
(3 February) A small explosive has been found in front of a Red shirts radio station in Chiang Mai province yesterday. At around 11.30 the police were alerted of the incident, and quickly dispatched an EOD team to investigate the scene near Waroros Hotel and Wat Phra Singha Worawiharn Temple, where the Redshirts local radio […]
At least three, including a reporter, were injured in a confrontation between red-shirt people and protesters led by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee outside the Lak Si district office Saturday afternoon. The confrontation happened after Luangpu Puttha Issara, a monk who leads the rally at the Chaeng Wattana, led protesters to surround the Lak Si […]
BANGKOK, Jan 31 – Pro-government activists were today discouraged from wearing red clothing to avoid violence before and during the general elections, scheduled for Sunday. Thida Thavornseth, leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), said she received a report regarding unscrupulous people possibly wearing red outfits feigning to be UDD members in […]
The likelihood of a volatile confrontation during this Sunday’s snap election has increased after a red-shirt leader yesterday urged government supporters to help ensure the voting would not be interrupted. Thida Tavonseth, chairperson of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), made her appeal to the red shirts nationwide after the anti-government People’s Democratic […]
The red shirt movement in Chiang Mai province has prepared a retreat for caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra should the military stage a coup d’etat. In that case, Yingluck government can be relocated to Chiang Mai, the home province of the Shinawatra clan, with the Northern city becoming the capital. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, Jan 26 – Suthin Tharatin, a core leader of the People’s Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (PEFOT), was shot dead with at least nine others injured in a clash with Red Shirt supporters near Sri Iam Temple in Bang Na district. The clash occurred after Mr Suthin led a group of protesters to a […]
BANGKOK, Jan 23 – The pro-government Red Shirt movement, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), today announced its plan to stage a mass rally nationwide Jan 29 in a move to support the Feb 2 general election. UDD chair Thida Thavornseth reasoned that anti-government movement, the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), led by […]
