Popular Thai newspaper Prachatai has reported that, a woman was arrested on October 3 at a freedom bike ride by United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship supporters (popularly known as the Red Shirts) in Ayutthaya for selling slippers with Thailand鈥檚 military-installed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva鈥檚 face on them.
The slippers were printed with the message, 鈥淧eople died at Ratchaprasong鈥 鈥 referring to the May 19 military massacre against the Red Shirts鈥 mass protest camp in Bangkok.
Abhisit Vejjajiva
According to a report in Prachatai, a popular Thai newspaper, a woman was arrested at freedom bike ride by United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship supporters (popularly known as the Red Shirts) in Thailand鈥檚 historic city of Ayutthaya for selling slippers with Thailand鈥檚 military-installed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva鈥檚 face on them. The slippers were printed with the message, 鈥淧eople died at Ratchaprasong鈥 鈥 referring to the May 19 military massacre against the Red Shirts鈥 mass protest camp in Bangkok.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva trumpeted that he was making an important initiative on May 3 to 鈥渟olve鈥 the political crisis.
The country has been wracked by protests demanding the government 鈥 which was never elected 鈥 hold elections. The current government was installed after a military coup, far-right 鈥淵ellow Shirt鈥 protests and judicial rulings that gave more power to the military.
On May 3, Abhisit offered to dissolve parliament in September and hold elections on November 14. Previously, he had said he would not dissolve parliament until December.
The following statement was released by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the organisation of the 鈥淩ed Shirts鈥, on May 6. It is abridged from .
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UDD leaders have again debunked speculation that the Red Shirt rally at Ratchaprasong will soon be packing up and the protesters returning home.