The group vowed to try to persuade the new interim government to launch a full-scale freezing of Thaksin's and his cronies' assets - and to have them tried in a court of law for any illegal acts. PAD will maintain its network, however, and vowed to push for political reform.

Sondhi Limthongkul, one of its leaders, said while he did not approve of the coup, the country had come to a dead end and thus "the coup was welcome". But the Thaksin order was still alive and it would take some effort to prove that Thaksin and his cronies were corrupt, he warned.

Sondhi claimed that one leading member of the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy was against freezing the assets of Thaksin and his cronies.

"This is something that must be urgently rectified, otherwise the people and soldiers who fought [for the ousting of Thaksin] will be disappointed. We want the public to keep a close eye on the matter."

The PAD leader said lawyers and people associated with the 1997 Constitution or the coup of 1991 should not be invited to take part in the political process. He said the PAD may try to meet soon to propose new political reforms.

Somkiat Pongpaiboon, another PAD leader, said that more than 1,000 graft complaints had not been processed by the National Counter Corruption Commission, and the three-year statute of limitations on such offences should be extended.