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Thailand’s yellow shirts change focus, abandon street protests… for now

By Siam Voices Mon, Mar 12, 2012 10:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut The ultra-nationalist “People’s Alliance for Democracy” (PAD), also commonly known as the yellow shirts, have assembled for the first time since Yingluck Shinawatra became prime minister. Yingluck is the sister of their arch-nemesis and former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra. With the change of government came also the concerns of a return of widespread...

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Thailand: Top PAD leader calls for another military coup (Is this legal?)

By Siam Voices Fri, Jan 20, 2012 11:28PM UTC View Comments

By Prach Panchakunathorn The Nation reports: The People’s Alliance for Democracy on Friday organised a public talk to mark the Chinese New Year and its four leaders vowed to resume the struggle against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. PAD leader Sondhi Limthongkul, speaking via a telephone call from China, said the military should stage a...

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Thailand’s Yellow Shirt leader Sondhi says he’s broke

By Asia Sentinel Fri, Oct 21, 2011 2:55PM UTC View Comments

Publisher closes his TV station, at least for now, reports Asia Sentinel Thai publisher Sondhi Limthongkul, who led the People’s Alliance for Democracy – the so-called Yellow Shirts – in years of virulent and sometimes violent attempts to deny ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra a role in Thailand’s government, appears to be in serious financial trouble....

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Thailand: Yellow-shirt party to boycott election?

By Siam Voices Fri, Mar 25, 2011 4:22AM UTC View Comments

PAD core leader Sondhi Limthongkul in 2006. Pic: Wikimedia Commons

By Panuwat Panduprasert The yellow-shirt PAD appears to be stepping up its mission to “clean up Thai politics” as key leader Sondhi Limthongkul urged the New Politics Party (NPP), the movement’s electoral wing, to boycott the forthcoming general election. On March 23, while delivering his usual nightly diatribes against pretty much everyone associated with either...

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