Ict Will Not Block Thaksin's Conference

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ICT will not block Thaksin's conference

(BangkokPost.com) - Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said Friday the ministry will not block ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's video conference call to his supporters in Bangkok tonight.

Mr Sitthichai said he has discussed the issue with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, both of whom agreed with the idea.

The Post Publishing Public Co.,

doubt they will ever admit that they can not block it ...

so this will have to do .

[z9999]

ICT will not block Thaksin's conference

(BangkokPost.com) - Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said Friday the ministry will not block ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's video conference call to his supporters in Bangkok tonight.

Mr Sitthichai said he has discussed the issue with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, both of whom agreed with the idea.

The Post Publishing Public Co.,

doubt they will ever admit that they can not block it ...

so this will have to do .

Anyone have a URL to view tonights webcast by Thaksin?

[chinthee]

ICT will not block Thaksin's conference

(BangkokPost.com) - Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said Friday the ministry will not block ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's video conference call to his supporters in Bangkok tonight.

Mr Sitthichai said he has discussed the issue with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, both of whom agreed with the idea.

The Post Publishing Public Co.,

doubt they will ever admit that they can not block it ...

so this will have to do .

Anyone have a URL to view tonights webcast by Thaksin?

Should be here online at 9PM. I'm watching now English news live. Wanted to go out, but went to Tesco and stocked up instead for a possible long weekend hunkered down.

http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/

[jbowman1993]

ICT will not block Thaksin's conference

(BangkokPost.com) - Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said Friday the ministry will not block ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's video conference call to his supporters in Bangkok tonight.

Mr Sitthichai said he has discussed the issue with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, both of whom agreed with the idea.

The Post Publishing Public Co.,

doubt they will ever admit that they can not block it ...

so this will have to do .

Anyone have a URL to view tonights webcast by Thaksin?

Should be here online at 9PM. I'm watching now English news live. Wanted to go out, but went to Tesco and stocked up instead for a possible long weekend hunkered down.

http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/

Have fun with that, chicken little.

[chinthee]

ICT will not block Thaksin's conference

(BangkokPost.com) - Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said Friday the ministry will not block ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's video conference call to his supporters in Bangkok tonight.

Mr Sitthichai said he has discussed the issue with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, both of whom agreed with the idea.

The Post Publishing Public Co.,

doubt they will ever admit that they can not block it ...

so this will have to do .

Anyone have a URL to view tonights webcast by Thaksin?

Should be here online at 9PM. I'm watching now English news live. Wanted to go out, but went to Tesco and stocked up instead for a possible long weekend hunkered down.

http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/

Have fun with that, chicken little.

Chicken little not. I've personally lived in the capitals through two coups, Moscow and Bangkok, and never been afraid to mix it up with anyone. This is not my fight. It's not yours. stay home.

[george]

The Nation:

LIVE UPDATE

Stay tune with us on Today's Event

8.20pm : News reports from Sanam Luang said the absence of mobile satellite unit to receive the live speech of Thaksin from London had many here believing that a pre-recorded version will be played instead.

7.30pm : Keymen of now-defunct Thai Rak Thai were seen travelling out of the country, immigration source said.

Family of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra; Khunying Pojaman and two of her children; and Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, left for Singapore.

Newin Chidchob and Dr Prommin Lertsuridej left for Hong Kong but by different flights.

7.13pm : Chatuporn Prompan, a keyman of the rally said that Thaksin has responded to some reports that the Thai government may try to block the signals of his speech from London by recording his speech. But the government did not do so, Thaksin will speak live from his exiled residence.

7pm : Staffs at the Manager Media group were told to leave early as a rumor spreading that angry anti-junta protestors gathering at Sanam Luang may move and attack the group's headquarter at Phra-Athit Road which located few kilometers nearby.

The Manager's founder Sondhi Limthongkul led street protest last year to oust Thaksin Shinawatra before the military staged the coup in September.

A high ranking military officer tipped the Manager's executives that the angry mob would storm the office shortly after they listened to televised speech from Thaksin.

The Manager's headquarter was seen in defensive mode as both compound on the Phra-Athit Road and on the Chao Phraya River bank were surrounded by nets to prevent throwing stuff. Security guards at the office have been tightened for days since the protest erupted.

5.30pm : Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin warned he might consider dissolving motorcycle taxi stand whose taxi riders join the anti-coup protest and create violence.

If taxi riders joined the protest and created violence, the BMA - whose authority includes issuing permit for motorcycle taxi stands - might revoke the permit and proceed with legal actions against wrongdoers, he said.

5pm : Apirak said that in preparation for the mass rallies from June 15 to 17, to be held outside the Army headquarters, he urged BMA executives and district directors to work with police in risky areas.

He also asked officials to inform local residents and taxi riders about the situation and suggested residents and riders not to join the protest, as violence might occur.

4.45pm : Bangkok Governor Apirak said his office also set up a centre at the City Hall's fifth floor to monitor the protest situation around the clock, he said. The BMA is also cooperating with city police in dispatching municipality officials, firemen and water trucks, to "accommodate" the protesters.

3pm : Pro-Thaksin demonstrators plan to "stage" a self-immolation in front the headquarters Council for National security or Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, according to informed intelligence sources.

The sources told The Nation that this plan was mapped out to impress the media, both local and abroad, which will cover the demonstration this weekend.

"Whoever wants to burn himself will cover himself with wax to protect his body to escape immediate harms," said an intelligence source who is familiar with the tactics. The tactic was used during the Chatichai government from 1988-1990. For them, it is a show, nobody wants to die," the source said.

2pm : Security has been beefed up at state agencies located near the planned route of a march by anti-junta demonstrators this weekend for fear that a third party could create trouble.

1.30pm : The military has suggested government officials working in public agencies along Rajadamnoen Avenue not to stay on at their offices after work yesterday evening and to avoid working there this weekend.

The government agencies located in the Rajadamnoen vicinity include the ministries of Transport, Agriculture, Education and Tourism and Sports, as well as the Parliament.

11.50am : Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said his government has braced for every contingency, including a state of emergency if deemed necessary, due to concerns over the anti-junta rally that will showcase the appearance of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra via teleconference.

"Authorities will work with utmost effort to ensure peace during protests planned for this weekend," Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Friday following a high-level security meeting.

Participants of the meeting included junta chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, acting national police chief General Seripisut Temiyavej and National Intelligence Agency directorgeneral Sirachai Chotirat.

Surayud said antiriot forces would not be armed so as to prevent any "accident" that could inflame the situation.

11.30am : Six heavily armed soldiers were sent to guard the Ministry of Interior, which is located near Sanam Luang. The Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship, which sympathises with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, plans to hold a protest march from Sanam Luang to the Army headquarters.

10.15am : The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) sent a circular letter to state officials who work in the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) building not to enter the office until Monday to avoid any potential violence.

Even though the DSI building is located on Prachacheun Road - and far from the rally at Sanam Luang, and the NLA are concerned agitators may destroy assets in the building.

9.30am : The Government Lottery Office (GLO) has moved the lottery-drawing machines to the department of Public Relations on Rama VI as a precaution. The GLO was scheduled to draw the lottery on Friday.

The GLO organises the lottery draw on every 1st and 16th day of a month.

--The Nation 2007-06-15

[Old Man River]

ICT will not block Thaksin's conference

(BangkokPost.com) - Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said Friday the ministry will not block ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's video conference call to his supporters in Bangkok tonight.

Mr Sitthichai said he has discussed the issue with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Council for National Security chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, both of whom agreed with the idea.

The Post Publishing Public Co.,

doubt they will ever admit that they can not block it ...

so this will have to do .

Anyone have a URL to view tonights webcast by Thaksin?

Should be here online at 9PM. I'm watching now English news live. Wanted to go out, but went to Tesco and stocked up instead for a possible long weekend hunkered down.

http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/

Have fun with that, chicken little.

Chicken little not. I've personally lived in the capitals through two coups, Moscow and Bangkok, and never been afraid to mix it up with anyone. This is not my fight. It's not yours. stay home.

I have been through several in Latin America. Good advice.