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Jatuporn new UDD chief

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Jatuporn new UDD chief

Jatuporn Promphan will be the new chairman of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) movement, outgoing leader Thida Thavornseth announced yesterday.

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