Bid for three-way debate fails
The effort by the People's Network for Elections (PNET) to organise a debate between the main camps in the ongoing political turmoil appeared to have failed yesterday after the Democrat Party and the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) rejected the government's conditions for such a forum.
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Protest stage to be moved
The anti-government movement yesterday agreed to move its main stage from Misakawan Intersection to the Makkhawan Bridge on Rajdamnoen Avenue to make way for the Red Cross Fair from March 26 to April 6.
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CHIANG MAI
Singer opposed to Thaksin
'subject to hate campaign'
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Books critical of PM seized
Police yesterday returned thousands of copies of a book criticising the prime minister back to the printing house, claiming it was unlawful to distribute the book.
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Assembly of the Poor slams PM
The Assembly of the Poor yesterday became the latest group to join the movement against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Top monk cautioned
A senior monk based in Chiang Mai faces being defrocked after taking part in a panel discussion held by the anti-government movement at a rally on Sunday night.
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SIDELINES
TRT to hand out VCDs of PM
The Thai Rak Thai Party will distribute 500,000 copies of video CDs with a speech by caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday urging voters to cast a vote on April 2.
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New protest group urges people to vote
A group calling itself the People's Power for Thailand Club yesterday urged Thais to exercise their votes in next month's snap election and demanded that protesters cease their anti-Thaksin rallies.
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Motorcycle taxi-riders sue paper
Taxi motorcyclists yesterday filed a libel suit with the Criminal Court against Naew Na newspaper, which published a report saying they had been paid to attend the pro-Thaksin rally on March 3.
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