Is Kasit a victim of political intrigue?

For the Democrats, believed to be involved in this malicious scheme, the situation remains unstable.

Kasit has reported to police for questioning concerning the closure of Suvarnabhumi Airport in December 2008. He has not been indicted although police said they were gearing up to classify the airport seizure as an act of international terrorism.

The yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) blocked roads to the airport for a week before the Constitution Court handed down a verdict that effectively removed the Somchai Wongsawat government from office. Its enemies charged that the PAD seized the airport, which amounted to an act of terrorism. But it took the police many months before they issued a summons on Kasit for his alleged role.

Rumours are swirling around that Suthep Thaugsuban, the deputy prime minister in charge of security affairs, and the military could be the masterminds trying to bring down Kasit. But Suthep has come out to deny any role. He said the justice process should be allowed to run its course and that he has no role whatsoever to play in this affair.

Still, this move to politically kill Kasit is audacious. Firing one shot at Kasit would also amount to killing all the other leading members of the PAD, which is now forming a new political party under the Karnmuang Mai or New Politics Party.

Kasit is not a member of the PAD. He is only its sympathiser. A retired diplomat, Kasit appeared on the PAD's stage from time to time to expose ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's wrongdoings. If Kasit were to be fully charged with an act of terrorism, all the other core leaders of the PAD would have to face a similar damaging charge. This would amount to jamming the brakes on the New Politics Party, which could potentially become a medium-sized political party in the next election.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Army chief General Anupong Paochinda have both denied that the military was playing politics against Kasit.

Abhisit said he remained firm in allowing Kasit to continue his work, particularly chairing the high-profile Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Phuket next week.

Strangely enough, since Abhisit's narrow escape from an attempt on his life during the Asean Summit and the Songkran turmoil, he has done little to get to the bottom of the security lapses or to go after those who plotted a dangerous scheme against him.

Suthep flew to Cambodia twice recently without a clear agenda. What sort of business was he doing there with a stranger flying in from Fiji?

It seems that those in power now, and those who are out of power, have teamed up to take on Kasit and the New Politics Party. But there is a possibility the PAD could fight back - filing a counter-charge against the Abhisit government for discriminatory practices against its members and Kasit.

The situation remains grave and suspicious as Kasit and the PAD plot revenge.