8/04/2012Bangkok Post
About 10,000 red shirts from the lower Northeast have confirmed they will join the trip to meet former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Siem Reap [in Khmer means the city of the "flattnend Thais"] in Cambodia during the Songkran holiday, Theppanom Namlee, a red shirt leader in Surin province, said.
Mr Theppanom claimed on Sunday about 10,000 Thaksin supporters from Yasothon, Buri Ram, Roi Et and Surin provinces have already registered with the trip organisers to meet the ousted premier and perform a rod nam dam hua ceremony, in which Songkran celebrants show respect to their elders by pouring holy water over their hands, on April 14.
Thaksin has invited his followers to meet him when he spends his Songkran holidays in Laos between April 11 and 13 and in Cambodia between April 14 and 15.
Mr Theppanom said the trip participants will gather at the Chong Jom border pass in Kap Choeng district of Surin at 6am on that day and head to the meeting with Thaksin from there. The caravan will consist of 30 buses and more than 100 cars and pickup trucks. Several Pheu Thai MPs will join the trip.
During the visit, red shirt leaders will appear on stage to address the crowd who will be allowed to enter the World Heritage sites of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom for free, he said.
Last month, another red shirt leader, Nisit Sinthuphrai, boasted that about 50,000 Thaksin supporters were expected to leave for Laos to meet him. He said their trip will be broadcast live on the pro-Thaksin Asia Update television station.
About 10,000 red shirts from the lower Northeast have confirmed they will join the trip to meet former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Siem Reap [in Khmer means the city of the "flattnend Thais"] in Cambodia during the Songkran holiday, Theppanom Namlee, a red shirt leader in Surin province, said.
Mr Theppanom claimed on Sunday about 10,000 Thaksin supporters from Yasothon, Buri Ram, Roi Et and Surin provinces have already registered with the trip organisers to meet the ousted premier and perform a rod nam dam hua ceremony, in which Songkran celebrants show respect to their elders by pouring holy water over their hands, on April 14.
Thaksin has invited his followers to meet him when he spends his Songkran holidays in Laos between April 11 and 13 and in Cambodia between April 14 and 15.
Mr Theppanom said the trip participants will gather at the Chong Jom border pass in Kap Choeng district of Surin at 6am on that day and head to the meeting with Thaksin from there. The caravan will consist of 30 buses and more than 100 cars and pickup trucks. Several Pheu Thai MPs will join the trip.
During the visit, red shirt leaders will appear on stage to address the crowd who will be allowed to enter the World Heritage sites of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom for free, he said.
Last month, another red shirt leader, Nisit Sinthuphrai, boasted that about 50,000 Thaksin supporters were expected to leave for Laos to meet him. He said their trip will be broadcast live on the pro-Thaksin Asia Update television station.
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