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Khaosod English: A top Redshirt leader says he will comply with the junta's orders to scale back an event planned for Friday to commemorate the Redshirt protesters who were killed in the 2010 military crackdown. 

Jatuporn Prompan, chairman of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), said the UDD will move the merit-making ceremony from Plub Pla Chai Temple in the historic quarter of Bangkok to Kerd Kan Udom Temple in Pathum Thani province. In addition, no UDD leaders will attend the ceremony, which will only feature 10 monks, instead of the original 53.
 
"The ceremony will be simple. No speeches. No politics," the UDD chairman said. "There will only be chanting in memory of those who died. After the ceremony is over, everyone will disperse and go home."
 
 
 
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