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Mon 05 May 2010Irishman held in Bangkok prison over Red Shirt riots
AN IRISHMAN is under arrest in a Bangkok prison while his role in the recent Red Shirt disturbances in the Thai capital, in which at least 85 people died, is being investigated.
Conor David Purcell made regular appearances addressing major Red Shirt rallies in Bangkok’s occupation zone during the weeks of rioting in which some protesters and the Thai army exchanged gun fire.
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