Friday, January 29, 2010

Udon red-shirts 'ready to fight coup'

29 Jan, 2010
Bangkok Post

Red-shirt people in Udon Thani are ready to fight against a military coup, leader of Khon Rak Udon (Love Udon People) group, Kwanchai Praiphana, said on Friday afternoon.

About 300 members of the group were surrounding the red-shirt community radio station in Udon every day to protect it against seizure by state authorities, he said.

“If a coup occurs then red-shirts, each with a bottle of petrol, will immediately lay siege to provincial offices nationwide,” Mr Kwanchai said. He claimed that a group of “black warriors” were trained for the mission.

He also claimed that fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to visit Cambodia late next month and said he that he had told the red-shirts to be patient as he did not want any violence.

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