<p><font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">An estimated 100,000 or so members of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD) took to the streets yesterday in the hope of dislodging the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration and Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Showing at a local political theatre near you: &quot;Return of the Good-Bad Coup Dilemma&quot;. Alleged directors of the previous episode: Privy Council President General Prem Tinsulanonda and Privy Council member General Surayud Chulanont.</font></p>

<p><font size="2" face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&quot;Fifty-fifty&quot;, was the response of a key member of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD) when asked about the chances of his red-shirt movement overthrowing Abhisit Vejjajiva in the not-too-distant future. </font></p>

<p>Suwicha Thakhor&rsquo;s nightmare in a Thai jail is set to continue after a court delivered a harsh verdict this week that contained an unequivocal message &ndash; the Internet in this country is being policed with the aim of limiting free expression.</p>

<p><font size="2">Despite widespread rumours that a number of foreign correspondents are being paid by ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to attack the People&#39;s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement, concrete evidence remains elusive. </font></p>

<p>PHNOM PENH, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has apologized to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for the misunderstanding of the word he used to describe the premier, according to his letter received here on Thursday.</p>

<p>The ASTV-Manager newspaper, considered a mouthpiece for the anti-Thaksin Shinawatra People&#39;s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), has gone into full-scale war mode this week urging the government to block Thaksin&#39;s phone-ins. <div> </div> </p>

<p>Offensive books, posters commonplace. The protest might be about ousting the government but evidence of continued social division, resentment and even disturbing hatred against ousted premier<strong><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/search/adsearch.php?keyword=+Thaksin+"> Thaksin </a></strong>Shinawatra&#39;s political enemies could be observed at the red-shirt rally at Government House yesterday. </p>

<p>An estimated 40,000 Thaksin supporters in red shirts yesterday mounted the largest protest against the government since Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva took power and marched from Sanam Luang to Government House. </p>

<p>A key member of the Democrat Party claimed last week there is a plot called the &quot;Taksin Plan&quot; - after King Taksin the Great, which if successful, would see an amnesty granted to ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra and 110 other politicians from the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party. </p>

<p>Activists warned yesterday that lese majeste laws might be abused to create a climate of fear rather than honoured to uphold the monarchy.</p>

<div> <p>Royalist says unsparing use of law not in interest of monarchy as institution The broad use of lese-majeste law is not beneficial to the monarchy, says Prof Thongthong Chandrangsu, a well-known royalist, expert on royal history and former dean of Chulalongkorn University&#39;s Faculty of Law. </p> </div>