"No comment" mode from PM on Abac Poll

This led to an equally strong reaction from director of Abac Poll Noppadol Kannikar who said it was unbecoming behaviour of a man who is the prime minister.

Now Samak has since gone quiet on the issue.

"I didn't hear his reaction and I don't have any comment," PM Samak said yesterday.

Noppadol said the Abac poll is always carried out in a rigorous manner and there is no hired gun or any interest group to influence its findings. He warned that Samak's "aggressive verbal abuse" and "emotional violence" would set a bad example to children. He added that Samak should have argued back using reason and knowledge instead.

The poll also revealed that a high percentage of people were "uncomfortable" with the behaviour of some politicians and the current political climate.

Samak said on Monday that the questionnaire used in the Abac poll was "incomprehensible" and especially some of the figures used.