'Bt200 million to be spent to have draft charter rejected'

Aran Wonganant, director of internal public relation centre said after a meeting that the old power groups have been mapping out three prong-strategies to to destroy Thailand.

First, the old power finance mobsters to create street protests in Bangkok including northern and northeastern provinces. The lastest scene, one of the protester encroached the Army's headquarters and was arrested.

Second strategy is to distort information that the country is under tightened military ruling to destroy business climate by disseminating distorted news in websets, foreign press and media such as in the United Kindom, the United States and Europe.

Third, the old power hire foreign lobbyists to present news and launch campaigns against Thailand and accused the government of politically harassing deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra by freezing his assets.

The purpose is to create misunderstanding among foriegn countries so that they boycott Thailand.

Recently, the old power groups including PTV and Thaksin's supporters invited foreign diplomats to a meeting and told them that at least two foreign diplomats will sumbit a letter in protest against the military-installed government.

The centre has been tipped off that the old power groups spent over Bt500 million for carrying out these works and will spend another Bt200 million to block the passage of the new constitution by hiring Bt500 each person for campaigns against the constitution.

Samatcha Hoonsara

The Nation