Thailand: Possible Solution in Bangkok Standoff, Demonstrations in Chiang Mai

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 5th, 2010 | Trackback

A solution to the long-running political crisis that has crippled Bangkok may be in sight as the prime minister offered to hold elections Nov. 14 if the “Red Shirt” protesters disbanded, and protest leaders were considering the offer. But trouble was also brewing in the northern city of Chiang Mai, where supporters of a pro-government group known as “mixed shirts” or “multi-color” began holding nightly demonstrations at Health Park near Chiang Mai University and planned to hold them indefinitely. “Red Shirt” supporters could confront these demonstrations, and if so, violence could ensue as it has in the past.

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