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	Ongart said although red-shirt leaders vowed that their rally in Bangkok after the Songkran holidays would be peaceful, their rallies in 2009 and 2010 showed that violence could happen.</div>
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	Ongart said the red shirts always intimidated the Democrat and other groups of opponents.</div>
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