Suthep Thueaksuban Thai Protest Leader

Anti-government leader Suthep Thueaksuban sings during a rally on stage in Bangkok. He is a Thai politician and former Member of Parliament for Surat Thani province. Until 2011, he was secretary-general of the Democrat Party and a deputy prime minister under Abhisit Vejjajiva. He resigned his seat in Parliament in November 2013 to become the self-appointed Secretary-general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee, which was conducting mass protests trying to unseat the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. After the military coup of May 22, 2014, Suthep was temporarily detained and placed under arrest by the new junta.He was released after four days and entered Buddhist monkhood in July 2014.
Anti-government leader Suthep Thueaksuban sings during a rally on stage in Bangkok. He is a Thai politician and former Member of Parliament for Surat Thani province. Until 2011, he was secretary-general of the Democrat Party and a deputy prime minister under Abhisit Vejjajiva. He resigned his seat in Parliament in November 2013 to become the self-appointed Secretary-general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee, which was conducting mass protests trying to unseat the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. After the military coup of May 22, 2014, Suthep was temporarily detained and placed under arrest by the new junta.He was released after four days and entered Buddhist monkhood in July 2014.
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January 26, 2014
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Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
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