นสพ.คอม - UDD leaders pledge non-violent campaign

<body> <h1>UDD leaders pledge non-violent campaign</h1> <p> Key leaders of the anti-government Red-Shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Tuesday promised the group would adhere to peaceful means, dismissing reports of a planned armed group to fight for their political agenda. Key UDD leader Veera Musikapong told a media briefing that the Red Shirts will carry on their political ideology--to fight against dictatorship and to support creative democracy through peaceful means and measures, he said. Mr Veera said he wanted to clarify that the UDD had no plan to set up an armed group, but would instead fight what he dubbed the war of ideology, to attain democracy and fight against double-standards in the political arena. Another key UDD leader, Nattawut Saikua, charged the government of exploiting state-owned media outlets to cast a bad light on the Red Shirts by influencing the public to have the impression that the February 26 court ruling on fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra s Bt76.6 billion (US$2.3 </p> </body>