Muzzled Thai opposition reduced to songs on TV

BANGKOK: His trademark televised diatribes have given way to misty-eyed songs, but in Thailand’s stifling post-coup climate, the firebrand leader of the once mighty “Red Shirts” welcomes any chance to reach his supporters.

Jatuporn Prompan (pic), chairman of the Red Shirt street movement which backed the toppled government of Yingluck Shinawatra, is back on the small screen after the ruling junta lifted a ban on Thai­land’s polarised political channels.