Reds Open Healing Centre In Bangkok

[coolhandjoe]

Reds open healing centre in Bangkok

The anti-government United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) has opened a centre for healing people affected by the recent political violence, on the 5th floor of the Imperial shopping centre in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district, UDD co-leader Jatuporn Prompan said on Friday afternoon.

At a press conference at the shopping centre, Mr Jatuporn said since the government had used force to disperse the red-shirt protesters at Ratchaprasong Intersection on May 19, UDD has had difficulties in taking action to help its supporters who suffered from the violence, due to several limitations.

So the UDD decided to set up a healing centre to provide needed assistance for the red-shirt families whose members were killed or injured. The centre has an initial fund of 1.5 million baht, he said.

The opposition Puea Thai Party list MP said a large number of red-shirts were suffering from the consequences of the unrest.

“If Puea Thai wins the next general election and forms a government, 10 million baht in financial assistance will be given to the family of each red-shirt who lost his or her life,” said Mr Jatuporn.

The outspoken MP said the planned cash offering would be a reward for the family members of the red-shirts who turned out to protect the country’s interests.

He said the decision to set up the healing centre has the approval of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Puea Thai Party acting secretary-general Sunee Luangwichit was also at the news conference.

[Kwasaki]

Well what do you want in answer to that !!!

Sounds like a good vote number catcher to me.

[geriatrickid]

Physician heal thyself.

I make no secret of my sympathy for some of the issues espoused by the Redshirts, but maybe this healing center can start first by giving counseling to those emotional misfits that think it is ok to plant bombs or toss grenades into crowds.

[basjke]

The centre has an initial fund of 1.5 million baht, he said.

And those 1.5 million will most probably be used to pay the management of the center.