Reds cancel move to banned routes

[Mentors]

The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leadership on Tuesday morning cancelled their plan to lead their red-shirt supporters to 11 key roads declared off-limits by the government.

The government on Monday declared that the red-shirts will not be allowed on 11 key roads in Bangkok.

 

However, the anti-government group said they would defy the government's order by parading peacefully along the prohibited roads on Tuesday.

 

UDD co-leader Kwanchai Praipana said the group scrapped the plan as they needed to monitor the situation at Ratchaprasong intersection.

 

[color:red]"We will not enter the 11 banned routes yet as there have been reports that police and soldiers are preparing to disperse us at Ratchaprasong," Mr Kwanchai said.[/color]

 

The UDD core members then called on the red-shirts at Phan Fa bridge to join forces with the demonstrators at Ratchaprasong.

 

Mr Kwanchai said the red-shirt's Rak Udon (We Love Udon) group will remain at Phan Fa to protect the rally site.

 

He also urged supporters of the UDD in Udon Thani to rally in front of the provincial city hall immediately.

 

UDD co-leader Suporn Attawong said the red-shirts will be ready to counter any attempt by security forces to drive them out of Ratchaprasong, one of Bangkok's key commercial areas.

"If the soldiers and police try to drive us out of Ratchaprasong the red-shirts from Phan Fa bridge will surround them.

 

"A group of red-shirts will also converge on the Democrat Party's head office," Mr Suporn said.

 

The prime minister's Democrat Party was founded 64 years ago today, on April 6, 1946.

 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/173786/reds-cancel-plan-to-enter-11-banned-routes

[Mekong]

Can we just stick to one thread on this