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	The meeting was chaired by caretaker Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Royal Thai Airforce headquarters at 2pm Tuesday.</div>
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	Prayuth said he had the ThirdArmy Area commander file charges against the leader of the Rak Chiang Mai 51 group in line with the laws.</div>
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	The group was accused of seeking to separate the North and Northeast to set up a new republic.</div>
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	Prayuth insisted that any group that violated national security would be taken action against.</div>
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Prayuth tells Defence Council he not biased against red-shirt group

Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha told the Defence Council meeting that he was not selectively acting against a red-shirt group over sedition charges, a military source said.