Police in South think attack on office in Pattani was by insurgent youth wing
A senior police officer overseeing security in the South yesterday said militants behind the recent attack on a local government building in Pado village in which six people died were from a well-trained youth wing able to attack and retreat rapidly.
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Bleak future as long as PM stays on - Banharn
Chat Thai Party leader Banharn Silapa-archa yesterday expressed despair about the fact that he could see no solution to the political turmoil.
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Court rules against minister's wife
The Chiang Rai Provincial Court yesterday found Salakchit Tiyapairat guilty of making a false charge against a rival politician in 2004.
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Suthep faces Bt100m suit over election charges
The Thai Rak Thai Party is preparing to file a criminal defamation suit against Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban for accusing senior party members of lobbying small parties.
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SNIPPETS
No one prepared to stand in Samut Sakhon's constituency 3
Election Commission chairman Vasana Puemlarp said yesterday he and another election commissioner had agreed to ask the Constitution Court to set a new date for declarations of candidacy for Constituency 3 of Samut Sakhon province as nobody had applied.
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Uthai urges PM to quit
Former House speaker Uthai Pimchaichon yesterday urged embattled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to quit, saying the nation has no shortage of capable leaders to replace him.
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Thaksin would set up thought police: Supinya
If the Thaksin Shinawatra administration had its way, it would even ban citizens' right to think, media-reform campaigner Supinya Klangnarong said yesterday.
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Hospital supports peaceful end to crisis
Rajata Rajatanavin, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Mahidol University's Ramathi-bodi Hospital, yesterday issued a statement insisting the faculty supports a peaceful means of settling the ongoing political conflict.
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Kantathi slams diplomats for accusations
Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon yesterday dismissed claims by three former top diplomats that Thaksin's administration had bullied its way through international relations and diplomacy.
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IN BRIEF
BUSINESS FALLOUT: Anti-Thaksin campaign takes toll on AIS numbers, staff morale
Mobile-phone operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) has admitted that the political turmoil has affected its business and employee morale.
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No debate while rally continues
None of the Thai Rak Thai Party's key members will join a televised debate with the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and former opposition parties unless PAD demonstrators besieging Government House go home, government Spokesman Surapong Suebwonglee insisted yesterday.
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Prime minister says he's the symbol of democracy
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday compared his election campaign to a fight to save democracy from rotting and insisted he would not surrender but stand his ground against the "outlaws".
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