Counter rally cancelled ahead of the Friday's PAD protest

Government MP Pracha Prasopdee on Wednesday cancelled a plan to hold a counter rally against the antigovernment movement scheduled for Friday.

"The cancellation is to preempt any possible clashes between rival crowds," he said.

The People's Alliance for Democracy will go ahead to hold the Friday's public meeting at Thammasat University Auditorium, seen as a revival of the opposition movement.

Pracha earlier threatened to lead the rally at the nearby Royal Hotel organised by the People's Vanguard for Democracy to counter the PAD.

The Nation