Rallies By Rainbow Shirts Across The North

Rallies by Rainbow shirts across the North

More than 200 Mae Hong Son residents opposing the dissolution of Parliament gather in front of the Phraya Singhanartraja Statue on April 27.

Khajohn Boonpath and Chiang Mai Mail reporters

Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son both saw demonstrations by the Rainbow shirts against dissolution of Parliament and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current crisis.

The Mae Hong Son rally held on April 27 was attended by more than 200 Rainbow shirts, Yellow shirts and members of the Facebook group opposing dissolution. They plan to submit a letter to the Mae Hong Son Governor Kamthorn Thawornsathit. They also visited soldiers at the 76th Infantry Regiment at the Montalang Army Camp in Tambon Phabong, Muang district as a show of moral support. They concluded their rally by singing the National Anthem and announced their intention to meet every Friday at the Phraya Singhanartraja Statue, the first ruler of Mae Hong Son, until the government solves the problem of the Red shirt protests in Bangkok.

In Chiang Rai, more than 100 people gathered at the King Mengrai statue on April 28 calling for the government to not dissolve Parliament while members of the Red shirts staged a rally about 300 meters away.

The Rainbow shirts sang the National Anthem, waving flags while the Red shirts waved red flags nearby. Pol Col Mongkol Samphawapol, Superintendent of the Chiang Rai Police ordered police to deploy to the rally and help keep peace between the two groups. The rally by both groups dispersed after an hour.

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-- Chiang Mai Mail 2010/05/04

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