Khaosod English: Two red-shirt leaders have been released following "attitude adjustment" sessions with the military.
Nattawut Saikua, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperative, and Chertchai Tantisirin, former Pheu Thai MP in Khon Kaen province, were summoned by the military after they publicly criticized the junta and recent political developments in Thailand. Both Nattawut and Chertchai are also core members of the Redshirt umbrella organization, the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD).
They two of several Red shirt politicians that have been summoned by the military this week for criticizing the junta-appointed legislature's impeachment of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra last Friday.
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