Jakrapob admits meeting Thaksin in Cambodia

"I have never given an interview to the foreign press threatening to smuggle weapons into Thailand from a neighbouring country," he said.

He said the allegation was a frame-up against him for political gains.

In April, Jakrapob said in an interview with BBC that he believed the room for unarmed and non-violent means to resolve Thailand's problem is getting smaller every day.

He was speaking from an undisclosed location after escaping an arrest warrant for instigating chaos in the country during Songkran Day. The military dispersed the protest in a bloodless crackdown.

The BBC quoted Jakrapob in April as saying the red-shirt movement to drive the Abhisit Vejjajiva government out was not spent, but rather would come back even fiercer, including adopting guerrilla tactics if necessary, to achieve its goal.

Jakrapob said the struggle to bring down the present administration would continue, but the room for legal means is getting smaller.

He insisted different tactics would be used to confront of government, including possible clandestine suversion or armed attack.

Jakrapob said the struggle to bring down the present administration would continue, but the opponents would no longer rely on conventional forms of protest.

Different tactics would be used to confront the government, including possible clandestine subversion or armed attacks, he had said.

On Thursday, he insisted he had no involvement should violence erupt at the upcomong rally scheduled for November 29.

He said he saw the red-shirt rally as "a good thing" in the struggle to advance democracy although he would not comment about the attempt to bring down the government.

"I am not certain whether democracy would resume after the downfall of the government," he said.

He said his splinter group, known as Daeng Siam (Red Siam), may eventually reunite with the mainstream red shirts inspite of their tactical differences.

He also admitted he had had a meeting with fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra last week in Cambodia. He refused, however, to disclose his whereabouts.

An intelligence source said he is taking refuge in Burma.