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No sign of anti-government action for upcoming Thaksin birthday
BANGKOK, July 10 -- There is no sign of disturbances which might be created by the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) movement during the upcoming birthday later this month of fugitive, ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said.
Gen Prawit told journalists on Saturday that intelligence gathered had so far found no unusual movements of UDD protesters except that they planned to gather in the northern city of Chiang Mai to celebrate on Mr Thaksin’s birthday which falls on July 27. Mr Thaksin is a native of Chiang Mai.
Mr Thaksin, now living in self-imposed overseas, was toppled during a bloodless coup in September 2006. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment in absentia for abusing authority while in power when his wife purchased a tract of prime land in Bangkok from the state at a heavily discounted price.
Gen Prawit said only Mr Thaksin’s relations and his admirers would gather and hold Buddhist religious rites in Chiang Mai so people should “not worry too much.”
On a decision by government security officials maintaining the emergency decree in 19 provinces, including Bangkok, Gen Prawit said the decision was made following reports that UDD protesters planned to hold a fresh demonstration soon.
The emergency decree, agreed by the Cabinet on Tuesday to be extended for another three months, is a vital tool for security officials to carry out their operations against disorder, he added. (MCOT online news)
Gen Prawit told journalists on Saturday that intelligence gathered had so far found no unusual movements of UDD protesters except that they planned to gather in the northern city of Chiang Mai to celebrate on Mr Thaksin’s birthday which falls on July 27. Mr Thaksin is a native of Chiang Mai.
Mr Thaksin, now living in self-imposed overseas, was toppled during a bloodless coup in September 2006. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment in absentia for abusing authority while in power when his wife purchased a tract of prime land in Bangkok from the state at a heavily discounted price.
Gen Prawit said only Mr Thaksin’s relations and his admirers would gather and hold Buddhist religious rites in Chiang Mai so people should “not worry too much.”
On a decision by government security officials maintaining the emergency decree in 19 provinces, including Bangkok, Gen Prawit said the decision was made following reports that UDD protesters planned to hold a fresh demonstration soon.
The emergency decree, agreed by the Cabinet on Tuesday to be extended for another three months, is a vital tool for security officials to carry out their operations against disorder, he added. (MCOT online news)
