<p>Conor David Purcell, an Australian national who was arrested and convicted for his involvement in the red-shirt rallies in April and May and was ordered to be released on 20 Aug, is still being detained at the Police Immigration Division at Soi Suan Phlu because he has no money for the air fare home.</p> <p>Purcell went on stage and gave speeches during the red-shirt rallies in Ratchaprasong, and was arrested on 27 May.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p>The CRES spokesperson told a press conference that certain print media have distorted information causing anxiety and rifts among the public, and presented news affronting the monarchy.&nbsp; The CRES will take legal action against them or close them down if necessary.</p>

<p>The Network of Volunteer Citizens to Protect the Monarchy on Facebook has met the DSI Director, and provided a video clip of Tom Dundee speaking at a red-shirt rally, which they say constitutes l&egrave;se majest&eacute;.</p>

<p>There have been several cases of enforced disappearance in the southern border provinces, with the latest case being that of Doromae Laelae, 46, in March 2010 in Pattani.&nbsp; The case of Mayateng Marano, a janitor at Bang Lang village school, Bannang Sata district, Yala, was brought to court after he had been missing for two years, in accordance with Section 61 of the Civil and Commercial Code, and the provincial court declared him to be a missing person.</p>

<p>Pathum Wanaram Temple has cancelled the booking by a group of red shirts to hold a religious ceremony to mark 100 days since the crackdown in May.&nbsp; The abbot claims to have been pressured and criticized for siding with the red shirts.</p>

<p>A member of Prawase Wasi&rsquo;s reform committee has proposed tax increases, in VAT in particular, to implement the government&rsquo;s welfare programme.</p>

<p>Sulaiman Naesa, 25, was found dead inside a military detention camp in Pattani on 30 May 2010, after he had been arrested and detained there for 9 days under the Emergency Decree.&nbsp; The military has claimed that he committed suicide by hanging himself with a towel from the window bars.&nbsp; His family&rsquo;s suspicions, however, have never been proven, since according to Muslim belief an autopsy is forbidden.</p> <p>His body was found to have many marks of bruising.&nbsp; The neck was broken, and traces of bleeding were found in the testicles and anus.</p>

<p>Charas Suwanmala, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, has received information from the lecturer regarding the reported scuffle between him and a group of students who tried to protest against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during his visit to the university last week.</p>

<p>Chulalongkorn political science lecturer dismisses what happened as petty nonsense, and believes that the students have someone behind them, while university administrators have refused to be interviewed.</p>

<p>An attempt of a group of Chula students to protest against Abhisit Vejjajiva inside the university was thwarted by a lecturer and university security guards. The students called on the PM to call an early election, and take legal action against those responsible for the April-May massacre.</p>

<p>The court in Mukdahan has granted bail to 7 red shirts charged only with trespassing, and denied it to 19 others who are also charged with burning down the provincial hall. About 70 more suspects are still wanted by the police.</p>

<p>A couple of months ago, there was a rumour among members of the Prachatai webboard that one member had been arrested. No one could really confirm this, but one member certainly did disappear from the forum. This seemed to be a repeat of a pattern that has happened several times before; many others, including the first two cyber casualties, <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/taxonomy/term/305">Praya Pichai and Ton Chan</a>, have completely disappeared from cyberworld ever since, at least under those names. But Pruay Salty Head is different. He has come back, with a story.</p>