slimdog

Does the proposed new constitution head off the possibility of another "no vote"?

Article 71 of the new Constitution does state that every Thai National must vote, (same as the 1997 Constitution) therefore there will most probably still be a "No-Vote" option on any ballot. However to avoid the possibilities of what happened last year there is a new article (Article 91) which amongst other things states:

In the case where the number of members of the House of Representatives following

a general election is less than 400 but not less than 95 percent of the total number of

members of the House of Representatives, the House of Representatives shall consist of

existing members of the House and election for missing members shall be held until the

total number of 400 is attained.

Under the 1997 constitution ALL seats had to be filled before member could be sworn in, which did make it far easier to cancel the election, as the first sitting of the house had yet to take place, therefore no government to dissolve, (which can only be done with H.M permission).

Just for clarification..

The plot of land was appraised by the land department. This is carried out every 4 years, the auction was carried out in December of 2003, a new appraisal price would have been due the following month. So it is highly likely that had the auction been carried out a month later then the appraisal price would have been considerably higher. (But no guarantees than anyone would have bid the new appraisal price)

The plot of land does (if memory serves me correctly) have building restrictions on it, limiting any building to a maximum of 3 floors.

The plot of land was put up for auction by two previous governments, and on each occasion failed to attract a single bidder.

The plot of land did finally get auctioned by sealed bid after an earlier auction the same year using e-bidding was scrapped due to lower than expected offers, and that some of the people who paid the auction deposit (B10,000) were reluctant to reveal their true identities during the e-auction, and therefore lost their deposits. The three sealed bidders had to pay a deposit (returnable) of B100 million.

The basics

Constituent MP's

1997 Constitution = 400

2007 Original Draft = 320

2007 Second Draft = 320

Therefore the size of each constituency will increase from 160,000 constituents per MP to 200,000 constituents per MP. As with the 1997 Constitution, each voter will vote for just one MP unlike the original draft which set each constituency far larger and therefore people would have to choose between 2 - 3 MP's depending on the number of constiuents, which was the same as the 1991 Constitution. (Generally regarded as the most prone to vote buying)

Party List MP's (Proportional Representation)

1997 Constitution = 100 (All Regions)

2007 Original Draft = 80 (4 Regions)

2007 Second Draft = 80 (8 Regions)

The major differences between the original and second draft is the number of regions that have to have candidates for. In the 1997 Constitution the Party List could theoretically all come from Bangkok, whereas under the second draft the Political parties have to find 10 people coming from each of the 8 proposed regions, and the total number of Party list MP's (All Parties included) will be 10 per region. You will have to wait until they re-write the organic law on the election of members to the House of Representatives and Senate to find out how they will allocate seats..

Senate

1997 Constitution = 200 (Elected)

2007 Original Draft = 160 (Selected)

2007 Second Draft = 150 (half elected/half Selected)

In all 3 the period of the Senate is 6 Years, although the Original draft called for all Senators to draw lots after 3 years and half the number would then be replaced by a new 80 Selected Senators who would hold office for the remaining 3 Years. Now they are planning this only for 37 of the selected Senators.

The FIDF sold the land plot on Rama IX Road to Pojaman in 2003 for Bt772 million, which was over an appraisal price of about Bt700 million.

The AEC claims the fund lost money on the deal because it bought the land from Erawan Trust Finance and Securities for Bt2 billion in 1995.

- The Nation

The FIDF purchased the land plot from the defunct Erawan Trust in 1995 for 2.14 billion baht in a contract approved under government policy at the time to assist the ailing financial institution.

Erawan Trust had actually seized the land from a defunct borrower for only 103 million baht.

General News

Bangkok Post

Saturday January 27, 2007

FYI there are presently, after the dissolutions, 32 licenced political parties in Thailand and if there's to be an election in December, that's presently @ 180 days away. It is possible that the EC will allow some form of expedited party registration, though the process is said to normally take about 6 months.

Regards

EC Parties Lst

Forming a new Political party is quite a straight forward process, and can probably be done in a matter of days, providing that all the paperwork is in order. Where the process becomes more difficult is to re-establish a former political party, as before this can be done, the former political party must be fully audited, as state funds are provided to political parties in order to carry out their work. Therefore for TRT to be re-established could take 6 months or longer, (maximum 12 months).

Historically the constitutional court has dissolved around 10 political parties per year since it's formation in 1998, some because the political party has merged with another party. The most common form of dissolution is because a party has failed to comply with Section 29 of the organic law of Political parties which states that a Party has 180 days to acquire 5000 members spread throughout the Kingdom, and have representative offices in each region.

Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand BE 2540 (1997)

Section 116

The King has the prerogative to dissolve the House of Representatives for a new election of members of the House.

The dissolution of the House of Representatives shall be made in the form of a Royal Decree in which the day for a new general election must be fixed within sixty days and such election day must be the same throughout the Kingdom.

The dissolution of the House of Representatives may be made only once under the same circumstance.

Basically you only have two main types of hiv, namely hiv-1 & hiv-2 these are then split into sub groups M,N & O and finally subtypes A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K and a very rare one called CRF, which is a combination of 2 different subtypes.

For many years now the standard ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) hiv test has been able to detect the 2 main types of hiv infection, so whilst the vast majority of people (90%) will be hiv-1 the standard test that you have in a hospital such as Bumrungrad will certainly pick up hiv-2 (almost exclusively West Africa).

One of the good things about Bumrungrad is that they will do a standard hiv test, which will indicate if any anti-bodies are present, and if the test comes back positive for any reason, they will automatically do a further ELISA test and an Antigen test to get a definite result. This means that the chance of a false positive result coming back is almost non existant.

Generally hiv anti-bodies are detectable in the blood within 2 -4 weeks of infection, but it has been standard practice for many years for a 3 month wait before getting a definite all clear. There have been reported cases where it has taken 6 months for the antibodies to show up, but these cases are very rare.

Hope of some help

Slimdog

The issue, apparently, is that this radio station did not have the licence to operate. Any media outlet - whether a radio station, newspaper or magazine, must have a Government licence to operate. That's not about free speech or censorship, that's about abiding by the pre-existing rules.

What's happened, in my opinion, is the Government has found an easy option to punish them for giving Taksin a voice. Only the radio station is to blame for not having the licence to operate; if they'd had one then it would have been much harder to hurt them.

There is a reason they didn't have a licence. There is NO regulatory authority to issue one..

The 1997 constitution advocated the greater use of local community stations, as a means of getting information to the local population, as opposed to the tanoy speakers which can be found in most villages. The 1997 constitution also advocated the setting up of a nation broadcasting council, so that frequencies could be allocated (Article 40). Since 1997 the NBC has never been formed, so every radio station set up in the past 10 years (which is every community radio station) is unlicenced, and there are many thousands of these scattered throughout the kingdom, without licences or the possibility of getting a licence. The last attempt to form a NBC was stopped by the administratve court because there was only 13 people for the senate to chose from, rather than the 14 which is mandated (One person dropped out).

Yes, it's noteworthy that Thaksin, with his TRT and control of Parliament and just about every other ancillary aspect of the entire government, chose not to allow the NBC to get set up, despite nearly six years of unhindered control which would have allowed him to do so in an afternoon.

Why is that?

To the best of my knowledge, the two panels that needed to be set up, one involving telecoms and the other tv and radio were supposed to be Independant authorities, nominated in such a way as to eliminate Political interference. So it wasn't in either Thaksin's or prior to that Chuan's power to set the panels up

Print Media is different. Article 40 (which I quoted) states:

Transmission frequencies for radio or television broadcasting and radio telecommunication are national communication resources for public interest.

There shall be an independent regulatory body having the duty to distribute the frequencies under paragraph one and supervise radio or television broadcasting and telecommunication businesses as provided by law.

The issue, apparently, is that this radio station did not have the licence to operate. Any media outlet - whether a radio station, newspaper or magazine, must have a Government licence to operate. That's not about free speech or censorship, that's about abiding by the pre-existing rules.

What's happened, in my opinion, is the Government has found an easy option to punish them for giving Taksin a voice. Only the radio station is to blame for not having the licence to operate; if they'd had one then it would have been much harder to hurt them.

There is a reason they didn't have a licence. There is NO regulatory authority to issue one..

The 1997 constitution advocated the greater use of local community stations, as a means of getting information to the local population, as opposed to the tanoy speakers which can be found in most villages. The 1997 constitution also advocated the setting up of a nation broadcasting council, so that frequencies could be allocated (Article 40). Since 1997 the NBC has never been formed, so every radio station set up in the past 10 years (which is every community radio station) is unlicenced, and there are many thousands of these scattered throughout the kingdom, without licences or the possibility of getting a licence. The last attempt to form a NBC was stopped by the administratve court because there was only 13 people for the senate to chose from, rather than the 14 which is mandated (One person dropped out).

After Thaksin calls, officials drop by

The military junta and the Public Relations Department on Thursday inspected the Confidante community radio station hours after ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra called to talk to listeners on-air. The station then went silent.

Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin said that he assigned the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) to find more information on the radio station and report to the CNS.In the broadcast, which was repeated by the Confidante station just before it went off the air, Mr Thaksin called for an early election, and said people would not tolerate any delays in the election, points he has made in previous interviews overseas.

Bavorn Techa-in, chief of the National Broadcasting Commission which is under the government's PRD, said he was assigned to inspect the station, which is in the northern Bangkok suburbs in Nonthaburi province.

Mr Bavorn said the station had been set up unlawfully. He denied, however, that there was any order to shut down the station. Mr Bavorn may have been economical with the truth. Other media reports quoted the chief of the PRD as saying he had issued an order to close down the radio station.

Either way, Confidante radio stops airing its program on Thursday afternoon. One report quoted staff as telling the PRD inspectors that broadcasting equipment was broken, and they had to send it out for repairs on Thursday morning. The inspectors seized a tape recording of the 15-minute call and talk by Mr Thaksin, who phoned the station from London late on Wednesday

Full story: http://www.bangkokpost.net/topstories/tops...s.php?id=118801

Editorial from Asia Times on Line

EDITORIAL

Big Pharma wants to help you. RIP

"We need the new, cheap drugs to live longer." The words of Boripat Dornmon, a 40-year-old Thai who has HIV/AIDS (See Holding Big Pharma's feet to the fire, May 16**) go to the heart of the matter.

For Boripat, the heated arguments over Thailand's decision to break patents for anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS are simply irrelevant. He cannot afford the patented brands provided by the giant pharmaceutical companies. Without a cheaper, generic alternative, he and millions of other sufferers in the developing and under-developed world will die soon.

Thousands of words are being written about the pros and cons of Thailand's move. "Intellectual property rights", "patent", "copyright" and "piracy" figure prominently among them. They will not change Boripat's mind. To him it's blindingly simple: a matter of life or death.

In that light, the arguments being trotted out by Big Pharma and its proxies have the ring of unmitigated sophistry. "Thailand is refusing American and European medical technology at the expense of the poor and sick of Thailand," says a Big Pharma lobby group calling itself, evidently with a sense of irony, "USA for Innovation". The group has been making such claims in full-page ads in Thailand's newspapers. "Most of Thailand's AIDS patients will not have access to the world's best medicines," USA for Innovation adds, presumably ironically, since it's not Big Pharma trying to remedy that situation, it's the Thai government.

We guess that what USA for Innovation is really telling Boripat is, "We want to help you, but you have to die so we can do it. We have to be cruel to be kind. It's called 'tough love', buddie.

"You see, Boripat, we have to sell our drugs at these prices so that we can plough the profits back into research and development. That allows us to produce new, life-saving, miracle drugs, so that we can ... er ... save lives.

"Nurse! We seem to have lost Boripat. Rest in peace, buddie."

While the full-page ad war rages, one big pharmaceutical company has tried to show that, after all, it really does have a heart. Or perhaps it just feels that a bit of good PR will help it stay in Developing World markets. Whatever its motive, Abbott Laboratories announced last month a reduced price in Thailand for its AIDS drug, Kaletra, to US$1,000 for annual dosage per patient from $2,200. Whoopee. Average annual per capita income in Thailand is about $3,000.

The business of America (and Big Pharma everywhere) is business, the old saw goes. We don't deny them the right to do business. But please, USA for Innovation, Fox News, President Bush, spare us the nonsense that what America does is for the good of humankind. It just doesn't work outside the US. For Boripat, such assertions are risible. And if you're still asking yourselves "why do they hate us?", ask him.

(** http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IE17Ae02.html)

source: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IE17Ae03.html

For anyone who is interested, there is a report titled, "Timeline of Trade Disputes involving Thailand and access to medicines" which was written in 2001 which details Pharmaceutical trade disputes between Thailand and the USA, and actions by both countries. (1979 - 2001)

It is just to show that what is happening today is not a new thing..

http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/c/thailand/thailand.html

And if Thailand is going to insist on producing its own drug I sincerely hope it issues another CL for the heat stable version of the drug.

The Compulory licence with Abbott will be for the generic name lopinavir/ritonavir which covers both Brand names Kaletra and Aluvia(The heat stable version of Kaletra), so there will be no need to issue an additional CL.

Pichian's suggestions

National Legislative Assembly member Pichian Amnartworaprasert has proposed 18 changes to the constitution draft. (Note: He is also a member of the Constitutional Drafting Assembly)

His proposals include:

Senators to come from elections and the number remains the same as stipulated in the 1997 constitution, which is 200;

Add a clause in Article 2 that Thailand has Buddhism as the state religion;

Remove paragraph 2 of Article 68 over the establishment of a panel to tackle national crises;

Remove Article 299 relating to political amnesty;

Maintain the number of MPs at 500 and not reduced it to 400;

Change the election system from multiple MP constituencies to single MP constituencies, as in the 1997 constitution, and maintain the number of party-list MPs at 100 but reduce the cut-off proportion from 5 per cent to 1 per cent. Votes should be tallied at polling stations.

MPs should be allowed to run independently and not have to run under a party banner;

Remove the clause that allows courts and independent agencies to propose legislation and reduce the number of eligible voters who can propose legislation from 20,000 to 10,000;

Add a clause to Article 186 that before ratifying any agreements with foreign countries, public hearings must be carried out and approval sought from the House;

Remove Article 246 that stipulates that public prosecutors work under an independent agency;

Remove a clause in Article 216 that stipulates that senators can launch impeachment proceedings against judges, prosecutors and other high ranking officials; (Note: should read Article 261)

Reduce the number of people required for petitions to launch a constitutional amendment, from 100,000 to 50,000.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/15...cs_30034235.php

Charter has good points

A small forum was held at Khon Kaen University this week for people in the Northeast to exchange views on problems involving society, education, culture and politics. The session I attended dealt with politics and the hottest issue was none but the draft charter. First and foremost came a complaint about the distribution of the draft. ''We haven't been able to find a copy. Please let me know where we can so we can look into it,'' cried a women's leader from Udon Thani.

''Our village heads, who attended a meeting, got two copies, but we villagers haven't seen even the cover,'' she moaned. ''We asked our village heads about it, but they said they hadn't read it. So how can they make proposals or decide on whether to accept it?'' she asked. I suggested that she send a letter to the Constitution Drafting Committee, informing them of the problem. Actually, the entire draft was published in newspapers as an advertisement, but due to space limitations and the cost involved, the print is so small nobody can make out a thing.

Full story: http://www.bangkokpost.com/Perspective/13May2007_pers40.php

Reading the above, made me wonder how many people on the forum had actually looked at the current draft. To the best of my knowledge an Official translation of the draft Constitution hasn't been published. This is normally certified by the Council of State. However, an unofficial translation is available for anyone interested at:

http://rspas.anu.edu.au/rmap/newmandala/wp...ion-english.pdf

Abbott has developed a reputation over the years as one of the toughest negotiators on HIV/AIDS drugs. In 2004, the Chicago-based company stunned AIDS patients around the globe — and some of its own shareholders — when it said it would raise the price of the antiretroviral Norvir by 400 percent.

This isn't strictly true.

Abbott officials said the firm "repriced" Norvir from $1.71 for a daily dose to $8.57 a day because the original standard dosage of 1,200 milligrams was reduced to 100 milligrams when Norvir came to be used primarily as a booster that made other AIDS drugs more effective. Since its introduction in 1996, Norvir has generated more than $1 billion in sales

source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...0-2004Aug4.html

So the price went from 14 cents per 100mg to $8.57 per 100mg

Prakanong

Whilst I appreciate what you are saying, other countries do have significant experience in the manufacture and sometimes improvement of drugs, maybe these small generic companies don't have the expertise of the large Pharmaceutical companies in coming up with truely original ideas, but once a drug has been launched they do seriously look at improving on the formulation.

One thing that struck me last week, was when Bill Clinton announced a new hiv medication, which is basically a re-formulation and packaging of three popular 1st line medicines (Viread,Lamivir and Stocrin), which will be repackaged as a single once a day capsule, was that if it was fully left up to the large Pharmaceutical companies, such a medication wouldn't appear, even though from both a patients point of view and the health authorities, such a medicine is ideal due to cost, ease of taking, and ease of ordering and storage.

As for the Pharmaceutical companies themselves, they know that ALL of the developed countries have already signed an agreement with the WTO, that except for National emergencies eg Bird Flu, they will undertake never to issue a Compulsory Licence, which therefore does guarantee that any new medicine will be significantly rewarded. That I believe (although maybe wrong) was part of the Cancun agreement.

As to the question of profits from HIV drugs does anybody have the figures on these?

Any "Blockbuster" HIV drugs out there ie sales of 1 billion USD per year is the standard for this

If I look at our drugs at the company I work for HIV drugs seem to be way down the list in income - the blockbusters are not here!

They are and will be for cancer, chronic conditions etc .

I will try to find out the figures myself but if anyone else had them could they please post

Kaletra's global sales for the last quarter of 2005 were $272 million

Kaletra's global sales for the first quarter of 2006 were $280 million, making it a "Blockbuster"

source: http://www.abbott.com/global/url/pressRele...elease_0306.htm

http://www.abbott.com/global/url/pressRele...elease_0261.htm

Sales for the quarter 3/31/07 were $300 million

source: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articl...618042007-1.htm

another interesting link is:

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSL0112153120070502

Drugmakers face $140 bln patent "cliff" -report

A quote from which is:

"While reformulation strategies may be effective at staving off generic competition in the short term, ultimately manufacturers need to develop truly novel drugs in order to maintain franchise and portfolio revenues in the face of generic competition," he said.

AIS denies gaining upper hand from telecom excise

Advanced Info Service (AIS) Wednesday denied the charge from the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) that it gained a special advantage from the telecom excise policy introduced by the government of the ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

In a press release, AIS said that no telecom operators had paid a lower concession fee but the same amounts went to the government under the telecom excise law, which has already been revoked by this government.

The company added that what had been changed by the policy was that instead of paying the fees fully and directly to TOT or CAT Telecom, both of which then passed on the fee to its 100-percent shareholder the Finance Ministry, the telecom operators had paid part of the concession fee directly to the Excise Department.

source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingne...newsid=30033799

In unrelated news:

Govt's revenue collection missed target

The government's net revenue collection from October to April missed its target by Bt6.93 billion, or 1 percent, due partly to delays in revenue expected from state enterprises in April, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

As a result, the ministry said it will likely miss the full-year target by around 1% to 1.5 percent. The government had expected Bt1.42-trillion of revenue this fiscal year ending September 30.

Lower than target revenue collection this year will not significantly affect the overall fiscal condition of the government, the Finance Ministry said.

In April, net revenue collection amounted to Bt89 billion, 9 percent below target and 22.1 percent lower than last year.

source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingne...newsid=30033783

The Deputy CDA Chairman affirms that the constitution to be used for the referendum has been approved by the CDA Chairman, and that no switching of constitutional drafts occurred as alleged by the Chairman of the Jucidial Committee for Political Reform to the National Legislative Assembly, Mr. Wisanu Kleu-ngam (วิษณุ เครืองาม).

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 09 May 2007

Translation:

The Deputy CDA Chairman confirms that the proposed constitution which will be put to public referendum (scheduled for 3rd September) will be exactly the same as the one which has been approved by the CDA (scheduled for July 5th).

In order for the final draft to be promulgated, the following is required:

Finished witin 180 days

Passed by majority vote by the CDA

Passed by majority vote in a public referendum

If any of the 3 conditions are not met then the National Security Council (NSC) along with the council of ministers has 30 days to pick and amend any previously promulgated constitution and present it to His Majesty for promulgation. I think what Mr. Wisanu Kleu-ngam has alleged is that the CDC might present one final draft to the CDA in order for it to get passed, and then change it for the referendum.

The government in Thailand has no control over the actions of

Google or Youtube in the US.

However , presumably , Google has a legal entity in Thailand.

According to the Bangkok Post No..

Sitthichai to sue YouTube in Thailand

The suit will charge that YouTube.com, owned by Google, hosted video clips offensive to the monarchy. It was not clear where Mr Sitthichai will charge the American company with lese majeste, defamation or a cyberlaw violation.

Google has no office in Thailand, although it does business with many Thai-based websites and businesses. The California company established an office in Singapore late last week to try to expand its advertising profile in Southeast Asia. YouTube.com has no offices in Thailand.

A ministry statement on Tuesday said the suit will take the form of "a petition to the criminal court for emergency protection," according to official Thai News AGency.

source: http://www.bangkokpost.net/breaking_news/b...s.php?id=118618

Media reps quit bill panel

Four media representatives yesterday cited the need to uphold press freedom as a reason for their resignation from a panel drafting the new press bill last Thursday. They claimed the panel, after eight meetings, did not intend to revoke the 1941 Printing Act.

This was inconsistent with their intention, which was made clear to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont before they joined the panel in early February, they said. They maintained that the 1941 Printing Act must be completely revoked and no part of it should be a basis for the new law. The 1941 Printing Act contravened the Human Rights Declaration which guarantees freedom of expression, they said.

Full story: http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/04May2007_news08.php

Transfer of Kowit 'was unlawful'

A legal interpretation by the police released yesterday suggests the order by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to transfer former chief Kowit Watana out of the force was unlawful.

The finding said Surayud's order used only one major law - Article 11 (5) of the Organisation of State Administration Act of 1991. It did not follow an important subordinate law - Article 62 of the 2004 Royal Thai Police Act, which requires Kowit's mandatory mutual consent to the order.

"Those who exercise authority in the governing of the state are required to follow all relevant laws as a whole. They are not allowed to use only a specific law. A prime minister's authority under Article 11 (5) is applicable to the transfer of one official to another position - but not to revoke that official from his or her previous post," the finding said.

After being replaced by incumbent police chief Seripisut Temiyavej in February, Kowit was assigned a C-10 interim civilian post.

After the transfer of Police General Kowit from the Royal Thai Police (RTP), Seripisut was acting police chief for some time before officially being given the job on April 24.

Police legal advisers said Kowit was still entitled to his post, although not as commander of the RTP. "Not only does the order result in Police General Kowit Watana being transferred from the post of national police chief, it was also given unlawfully…" it concluded.

The Central Administrative Court had earlier turned down Kowit's complaint over his appointment to the PM's Office Ministry, saying it could not intervene in an unfinished and parallel appeal by the Police Commission, which is still considering a complaint by Kowit over his transfer.

Kowit lodged a complaint with the Police Commission to protest his appointment to a position at another government agency without his mutual consent. The Police Commission has not finished looking into his complaint.

Kowit was also considering filing a malfeasance charge against Surayud for transferring him to the civilian post without his mandatory mutual consent, said his lawyer, Narin Wongthai.

source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/04...cs_30033353.php

Subcommittee wants Bt772 million paid by former premier's wife to be held while case pursued: Udom

I would be interested to know exactly where this money is supposed to come from. As the auction was held nearly 4 years ago, the money has long since been given over to the BOT and in turn passed onto the government..

Things are looking up. By the way I have not heard about PTV this week. Does anyone know what they are planning?

Metropolitan police chief Adisorn Nonsi said several groups are preparing to stage protest rallies against the CNS, the government and the draft constitution, with some taking place today. They include the Pirap Khao (White Dove) group, executives of the banned PTV station, and the Saturday Opposition Group Against the Coup.

source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/04May2007_news05.php

However, there was still no confirmation yesterday of a report that the anti-coup Sept 19 Network would rally today outside the residence of Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda, although the group was being kept under close watch, the city police chief said.