Thailand coup: Pro-Thaksin 'Red Shirt' leader vows to continue protest


BANGKOK: The leader of Thailand's pro-government "Red Shirts" said the political group would continue its rally on the outskirts of Bangkok despite the military seizing control of the government in a coup on Thursday and telling all protest groups to disperse.

"Will you fight or will you not fight? We will not go anywhere. Don't panic because we expected this," leader Jatuporn Prompan told supporters. "Whatever happens will happen."

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