Bangkok Post
Red-shirt protesters are free to rally in front of army headquarters on Friday, but they must abide by the law, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Thursday.
Members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) say they will gather tomorrow to demand the army to publicly clarify the rumours of a pending coup.Mr Suthep said security forces had made preparations to handle the coming anti-government rallies. Police would be in charge of maintaining peace and order, but soldiers would be deployed if the situation gets out of control.
The protests would be allowed, provided they remained within the law.Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said the anti-government movement's plans to protest at the army headquarters, and later at air force headquarters, and demand clarification of coup rumours was unnecessary. The army had already made it clear there would be no coup at this time and people should not be disturbed by the rumours.
Gen Prawit said people spreading the coup rumours were not helping the country's image.The defence minister said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had not given the army any special special orders for the period he would be visiting Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum from Jan 29 to 31.Police at Mae Fag station in Chiang Mai’s Sansai district said they had set up an operations centre at Royal Chiang Mai Golf Club to maintain peace and order during the planned demonstration at the club by the red-shirts on Friday.
The UDD and the red-shirt people group in Chiang Mai, Rak Chiang Mai 51, plan to rally against the government’s "double standards" at the golf course.
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