Bigger rallies ahead if you don’t free detainees, Red Shirt leader Jatuporn warns

Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Promphan told an estimated 20,000 red-shirt demonstrators Saturday the group would hold an even bigger rally on March 12 if hundreds of detained red shirts, including seven of its leaders, were not granted bail next week.

March 12 marks the beginning of last year’s red-shirt rally, which ended in violent riots with 91 people killed and more than 1,000 injured. An even bigger rally would follow to mark the May 19 crackdown if the situation remained the same, he said.

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