Udon red shirts plan event for HM's birthday

"We want to show that we are loyal to the King," Kwanchai Praipana, a red-shirt leader in the Northeastern province and chairman of the "We Love Udon" club, said yesterday.

The main activity of "Neung Jai Roi Jai Ong Rachan" (Linking Our Hearts for His Majesty) will be a parade of about 24,000 motorcycles around the province, he said.

The riders will wear red shirts and the motorcycles will be decorated with national and commemorative flags.

Kwanchai said he was seeking permission from the Royal Household Bureau to use the flags.

However, no national leader of the red-shirt movement will attend the event because it was sponsored by his club and he did not want to be accused of exploiting the red shirts' name, he added.