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Plan to reclaim five key rally sites to begin this week

The Nation

Protest leaders vow to defend rallies near Government House and other sites tomorrow

BANGKOK: -- The government's Centre for Maintaining Law and Order (CMPO) yesterday issued an ultimatum to anti-government protests, saying it will this week seek to reclaim five areas in Bangkok currently occupied by the protesters, CMPO chief Chalerm Yoobamrung said yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704968-plan-to-reclaim-five-key-rally-sites-in-bangkok-to-begin-this-week/

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Election talks under shadow of |legal threat from Pheu Thai

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- AS PHEU THAI leaders sit down to discuss issues surrounding the February 2 election with the Election Commission (EC) and academics today, the party has threatened legal action against the five EC commissioners to force them to complete the election.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704970-election-talks-under-shadow-of-legal-threat-from-pheu-thai/

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SOUTH CRISIS
Buddhists in far South told to take extra precautions

The Nation

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BANGKOK: -- THAI BUDDHISTS living in the far South including women and children should beware of possible insurgent violence targeting them, Narathiwat police chief Pol Maj-General Phatthanawut Angkhanawan warned yesterday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704971-buddhists-in-thailands-far-south-told-to-take-extra-precautions/

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The future prime minister plays it coy

The Nation

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BANGKOK: -- While you were wasting precious time cuddling your sweetheart on the Valentine's Day weekend, Chitpas "Tant" Kridakorn - one of the anti-government protest leaders - was demonstrating the true meaning of love, as in love of the country.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704972-thailands-future-prime-minister-plays-it-coy/

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GUEST COLUMN
Stepping back from the brink

Surin Pitsuwan
Special to The Nation

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No leader is indispensable, especially when holding on to power causes such division

BANGKOK: -- Thailand has been sliding fast into an abyss. A state of lawlessness and growing signs of a failing state are ominously moving towards us with increasing velocity. But it is not too late to stop political and economic disintegration if we pull together and act in solidarity now.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704973-thai-opinion-stepping-back-from-the-brink/

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EDITORIAL
Businessmen can't escape politics' gravitational pull

The Nation

The days of company bosses sitting on the sidelines may have to end, as our economy spirals down with the crisis

BANGKOK: -- Executives of luxurious hotels meeting security officials enforcing a state of emergency could never be a comfortable sight. More disturbing is the fact that businesses supporting anti-government protests and subsequently facing threats of a clampdown has become a recurring theme. Most unsettling of all is probably the fact that you can deem some people "terrorists" on one day and work for them on another.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704974-thai-editorial-businessmen-cant-escape-politics-gravitational-pull/

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Govt scoffs at PDRC 'victory dance'
NIPHAWAN KAEWRAKMUK
THE NATION

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BANGKOK: -- THE CAPITAL has been pressured for a month after anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban began his "Bangkok Shutdown" operation to close major intersections in the capital to force the |resignation of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704976-thai-govt-scoffs-at-pdrc-victory-dance/

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GSB, BAAC unions protest loan to pay rice farmers
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Government Savings Bank Trade Union yesterday issued an open letter calling for an immediate halt to any attempts to prod the GSB into lending to the state-run Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, even if the loan would be used to make long-overdue payments to farmers for rice pledged to the government.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704977-thailand-gsb-baac-unions-protest-loan-to-pay-rice-farmers/

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Foreigner caught posing as deaf person for 'donations' arrested by Phuket Tourist Police
Claire Connell

PHUKET:-- At least one foreigner was arrested tonight (February 16) after a Tourist Police raid at Central Festival after reports the foreigner was posing as a deaf person and soliciting “donations”.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704979-foreigner-caught-posing-as-deaf-person-for-donations-arrested-by-phuket-tourist-police-video/

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Notorious Late Opening Pub raided again by Pattaya Police

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PATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Sunday a Thai Pub known for allegedly opening until Daybreak which has encountered problems in the past relating to underage patrons and illegal drugs found at the location, was raided once-again by Pattaya Police and this time they are keen to see the venue shutdown for good.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704984-notorious-late-opening-pub-raided-again-by-pattaya-police/

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Suthep-led march to block Government House reaches Nang Leung

BANGKOK: -- Rally leader Suthep Thaugsuban on Monday led a march to block Government House to prevent the caretaker premier from entering the compound to work.


The procession started at 7.30am and as of 8.15am it reached Nang Leung Intersection.

Suthep last night chanllenged Chalerm Yoobamrung, chief of the government’s Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order to take the premier to the Government House or he should be called corward.

Meanwhile Issara Somchai, a rally leader, told Nation Channel that the protest will spend overnight at the Government House.

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Suthep leads protesters from Pathumwan protest site, arriving to seal off Government House, more farmers join protest at Commerce Ministry; traffic jam /MCOT

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UPDATE:

PDRC protesters now in full control of Government House

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BANGKOK: -- Several thousands of anti-government protesters led by People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban seized Government House this morning defying order of the Center for the Maintaining of Peace and Order (CMPO) to retake it to pave the way for caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to return to work.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704966-suthep-vows-to-shut-pm-out-of-govt-house-taunts-chalerm/page-2?p=7448258#entry7448258

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Protesters build concrete walls to block two gates of Government House

BANGKOK: -- Anti-government protesters started building concrete walls to block Gate 1 and Gate 2 of the Government House Monday morning.


They started building concrete walls at 9:59 am after Suthep Thaugsuban led protesters to march to the Government to prevent the caretaker prime minister from returning to work there.

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Police to quickly search for culprits behind the attack on Criminal Court

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BANGKOK, 17 Feb 2014 (NNT) – The Metropolitan Police Bureau stated it is working around the clock to find those behind the Valentine’s Day attack on the Criminal Court, expecting to identify the bullet trajectory within 2 weeks’ time.

The Superintendant of the Phahonyothin Police Station made an announcement regarding the M79 attack on the Criminal Court last Friday, saying that crime scene investigators were examining the Close Circuit TV (CCTV) footages taken from both government and private buildings situated near the Criminal Court.

Earlier the team checked the court’s CCTV, but found the cameras failed to catch a glimpse of the culprits. Currently a squad has been assigned to seek additional evidence and witnesses, the police said, adding that even though they were able to recognize the weapon used in the attack, they would need at least another 2 weeks to determine the bullet trajectory and eventually the attackers.

Initial investigations revealed that the assault was carried out in the evening of February 14th by an unknown number of attackers presumably located in one of the buildings opposite the Criminal Court on Ratchada Road. The attack resulted in the breaking of 2 windows and minor damages at the 7th floor of the court.

There were no casualties in the attack.

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Farmers seek sympathy from tourists

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BANGKOK: -- A group of farmers from Thailand’s western region yesterday took their plight to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, carrying donation boxes, and posters expressing their hardship to inbound tourists after the caretaker government did not pay for their rice.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/705000-thai-rice-farmers-seek-sympathy-from-tourists-at-suvarnabhumi-airport/

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Anti-govt protesters set up concrete walls to block Gate 1 and 2 of Govt 10 am. Mon. to keep out caretaker PM from returning to work there /The Nation



Govt Savings Bank extended Bt5bn loans to Bank of Agriculture,Agricultural Coop. amid opposition by GSB labour union who fear loans will be used to pay rice subsidy to farmers /The Nation


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Govt Savings Bank lends Bt5 billion to BAAC
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BANGKOK, Feb 17 – The Government Savings Bank (GSB) admitted that it has granted Bt5 billion in loans to the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) amid opposition by the GSB labour union for fear that the loans would be paid to farmers under the government's rice pledging scheme.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/704977-thailand-gsb-baac-unions-protest-loan-to-pay-rice-farmers/#entry7448632

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