"red shirts"

Red-shirt leaders and supporters met at the October 14 Memorial on Khok Wua intersection on Sunday afternoon to hold religious rites in memory of those killed in the April 10, 2010 crackdown.

Red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has decided to shut down his “Peace TV” channel on June 30 after almost eight years in operation due to overwhelming debts, according to his Facebook video posted on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 16) ordered three red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leaders to come up with more than Bt21 million to cover damages sustained from an arson attack on buildings in Bangkok’s Victory Monument area when their prolonged 2010 protest was broken up. 

A red-shirt leader on Saturday warned Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha of possible bloodshed similar to “Black May” if he perpetuates his political power.

The Court of Justice on Friday completed testimony from the last plaintiff witness in the case concerning 24 red-shirt leaders who had led a series of demonstrations against the Abhisit Vejjajiva government from February to May 2010.

A RED-SHIRT leader has cried foul after the arrest of a colleague and questioned whether it had merely been a convenient distraction from the junta’s growing unpopularity.

Red-shirt leader Nattawut Saikua on Friday petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to disclose the files regarding the 2010 demonstrations after the agency decided not to pursue legal action against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his then-deputy Suthep Thaugsuban.

JUNTA ‘SHOULD FULFIL ITS PROMISE’ TO LIFT POLITICAL BAN AHEAD OF NEXT ELECTION

Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday hit back against the red shirts, urging them not to turn the loss of life suffered in the 2010 crackdown under his administration into a “political game”.

Red shirts want cleared Abhisit and Suthep to be charged with malfeasance.

Thida Thavornseth, a leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), said Thursday that she suspected that there was a link between an ongoing military drill in Lamphun and the verdict that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will receive on August 25.