<p>Sondhi Limthongkul told yellow shirts gathered at their rally site near Government House last Friday night what he would do if he were Prime Minister of Thailand.</p>
<p>On 14 Feb, Suriyan Kokpuey, 29, was sentenced to 6 years and one month in jail, and, as he pleaded guilty, his jail term was commuted by half.</p>
<p>The trial of the Prachatai Director has been postponed to September and October after 5 days of hearings dealt with 5 witnesses out of 14 in total.</p>
<p>Thanthawut Thaweewarodomkul has told the court that he did not post the allegedly offensive messages and he was forced to confess by police, and insisted that he is not the administrator of www.norporchorusa.com.</p>
<p>On 9 Feb, an investigator from the Technological Crimes Suppression Division (TCSD) testified in court as a prosecution witness in the case of Thanthawut Thaweewarodomkul, the alleged NorPorChorUSA administrator.</p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="">The latest edition of The Economist has been refused distribution in Thailand by its distributor due to improper content.</span></p>
<p>Yellow-shirt leader Sondhi Limthongkul has urged the Thai military to seize Cambodian territory, including Angkor Wat, to barter for Preah Vihear Temple.</p>
By Pravit Rojanaphruk |
<p>Holding on to narrow nationalism means Thais have no recognition of how "terrorising Thailand were to Cambodia" over the centuries, said noted historian Benedict Anderson, a renowned expert of Southeast Asian history, just hours before the two kingdoms found themselves in a deadly military clash again on Friday.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Somphan Phuthajak, 39, was shot in the back during the unrest on 15 May last year, was hospitalized for two weeks, and took another 4 months to recover. She has received 2,800 baht in medical compensation from the Rights and Liberty Protection Department of the Ministry of Justice.</p>
<p>The trial has begun in the Criminal Court of Thanthawut Thaweewarodomkul, allegedly the administrator of www.norporchorusa.com.</p>
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<p>The trial of the Prachatai Director started with testimony from an official from the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology as a prosecution witness. About 40 Thais and foreigners attended the hearing.</p>