Red shirts to rally on coup anniversary

The planned rally for tomorrow and the one for next Saturday have been cancelled to avoid giving the government a pretext to enforce security measures.

"Even though the government might invoke the Internal Security Act, we have to go ahead and rally on September 19 rally to mark the shameful power seizure," he said.

Between now and the upcoming rally, the red shirts will participate in a series of seminars, organised in lieu of cancelled rallies, to raise awareness on their political struggle, he said.

The seminar series will be launched on September 12-13 at the office of Truth Today, located on Lat Phrao Road.

Another co-organiser, Natthawut Saikua, said the September 19 rally will be peaceful and last one day.

Natthawut said the red shirts deemed it unnecessary to quicken the government's exit since the coalition was plagued by infighting.

The coalition will soon collapse under its own weight, he said.

Red-shirt lawyer Kharom Pholthaklang said he was helping surviving victims of the April anti-riot operation and the families of those killed to sue the government for damages via criminal and civil proceedings.

Kharom said the recent circulation of an audio clip purported to show the prime minister ordering the crackdown had provided a key evidence to build up the case against Abhisit Vejjajiva. He did not touch on the issue of whether the clip was doctored.

As the red shirts have cancelled the rally planned for today, the government has decided not to enforce the security law, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said.