White masks adamant on rallying at CentralWord
The white-masks are adamant about rallying at CentralWorld Sunday as part of their weekly anti-government protest, although the department store yesterday imposed a ban on protesters using its premises for political rallies.
CentralWorld, in a statement, announced that it wanted to operate its business professionally and with political neutrality. Although it did not object to political rallies or political expression, it has decided not to allow any group to use its premises for political activities.
After the ban was announced on Friday night, Facebook page “V for Thailand”, which provides information about the rally plans of the white masks, posted a message Saturday on the website saying the Bangkok rally would take place there.
The group had earlier planned to converge in a show of force against the Yingluck government at 1pm Saturday and rallies of provincial white masks were planned at 38 locations across the country Sunday.
The white masks also posted a message asking members to persuade friends and families to join the rally to “liberate the country’’.
“The more the obstacles, the more will power we have. Our mission is to suppress the corrupt,’’ the message stated.
The message was posted after Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung warned of a bomb threat at the white mask rally, which was interpreted as a veiled threat against the protesters.
