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The intention of the Nitirat group of law lecturers in proposing the reform of the lese majeste law, Section 112 of the Criminal Code, is to protect the monarchy, but it has been misrepresentated by groups of people who want to use it as a pretext for toppling the government, Pheu Thai Party list MP Jatuporn Prompan said on Thursday.
Mr Jatuporn, a core member of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, said he did not deny the fact that the red-shirts and the Nitirat group were linked.
However, Nitirat, UDD and Pheu Thai were independent from each other in terms of opinion.
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Red-shirt supporters have expressed dismay over ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's call for them to set aside their anger and frustration over social and legal injustices for the sake of national reconciliation.
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