People warned against rallying in red on Sunday
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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has warned red shirt leaders against mobilising members to wear red and rally in support of ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday over the legal actions being taken against her.
Prawit said if there was a red shirt rally on that day red shirts who led to the protest would be held responsible.
“Everyone can wear red but there is no use wearing red and rallying. It is not allowed,” he said.
“We are not afraid of any groups expressing their opinions. We will take legal action according to the law.”
The red shirt rally threat came after the government moved to make Yingluck pay for civil liability incurred from her then government’s rice-pledging scheme at an amount to be evaluated by the ministries of finance and commerce.
Yingluck and the party she led, Pheu Thai Party, deem the move unjust because the criminal trial against her over the rice-pledging scheme has just started.
The government however said it would be charged with negligence if it did not act before the case’s statue of limitations expired.
