BANGKOK: A firebrand hardliner who was a core leader of Thailand’s Red Shirts in the country’s massive 2010 protests has been chosen to head the pro-government movement, saying on Sunday that a “big fight” lay ahead.

Former MP Jatuporn Prompan, facing terrorism charges in an ongoing trial related to the 2010 uprising, said that any new Red Shirt tactics would be “peaceful”.

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