Majority of 137 young men paraded on Saturday fail to show up for camp, to approach rights panel over ‘coercion’

PM bumped onto regular THAI flight

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra needed to take a commercial flight on the national flag carrier to the Asean summit in Malaysia yesterday after his official plane, Thai Kufah, was involved in a minor accident. Officials said the flight crew accidentally bumped a motorised staircase with the plane’s front door, causing its lock to malfunction. Fearing that the damaged door might jeopardise the plane’s safety, the crew recommended the flight’s cancellation.

Flood-stricken South faces another deluge

The weather bureau warned residents in six southern provinces yesterday to brace themselves for another round of flash flooding as more heavy downpours were expected to hit the region this week. Heavy rainfall has been forecast for Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat between today and Friday.