| Thai "red-shirts" gather to commemorate crackdown in 2010 |
| Last Updated(Beijing Time):2012-04-26 15:55 |
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Anti-establishment"red-shirt" supporters on Thursday began to rally at Ratchaprasong intersection in downtown Bangkok, where the bloody crackdown took place in 2010, to commemorate the event, Bangkok Post online reported.
The rally is led by Payao Akahad, whose daughter Kamolkade, an assistant nurse, was found shot dead in Pathum Wanaram Temple on May 19, 2010. Today would have been her daughter's 27th birthday.
A religious rite was held at the rally site on Thursday morning.
It was expected some red-shirt core members would go up on the stage and make speeches, including Pheu Thai list MPs Jatuporn Prompan. The red-shirts were mostly arriving from within Bangkok and nearby provinces.
During March to May 2010, red-shirt supporters held street rally demanding the then Abhisit Vejjajiva government to resign. The rally ended with confrontation with military, resulting in 92 deaths and about 2,000 injuries. |
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