BANGKOK: Thailand's "Red Shirts", supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, will rally in Bangkok next month ahead of a court ruling on the fugitive politician's frozen fortune, a leader said Friday.

The anti-government protest group has held several rallies over the past year in support of Thaksin, who was deposed in a military coup in 2006 and is living in exile to escape a two-year jail term for corruption.

One of the group's leaders, Jatuporn Prompan, said he expected up to one million protesters dressed in their trademark red tops to attend the event, although the exact date in February has not yet been set.

"I am convinced that with the large number of protesters we expect to come, the government will have to dissolve parliament," Jatuporn said, adding that the group would rally until its goals were met.

Thailand's Supreme Court is set to rule on February 26 whether authorities can continue to hold Thaksin's assets worth 76 billion baht (2.2 billion dollars), which were frozen in the months following the coup.

The assets represent most of the profits his family earned when they sold his Shin Corp. telecommunications empire in January 2006 to Singapore's state-linked investment firm Temasek Holdings.

The sale sparked public uproar, bringing tens of thousands of anti-Thaksin protesters into the streets, which led to the coup in September 2006.

Thaksin has continued to stir up political unrest in Thailand from abroad, with both his opponents and supporters staging numerous mass rallies over the past year which have sometimes turned violent.

Thousands of Red Shirts protested Monday at the house of a royal adviser accused of involvement in the coup.