Pheu Thai threatens to strike back
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Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit threatened to release a video clip and photos, to substantiate the party's claim that some politicians are behind rubber farmers' protest.
"If they don't stop, I will release the name of the rubber trader, a relative of a politician. I have all evidence," he said.
Prompong said that most rubber farmers are pleased with the government's solutions to ease the sagging price but some still block Highway No. 41 in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
He said some politicians are behind this movement, hoping that this will erode the government's stability. Meanwhile, some traders had amassed tonnes of rubber ahead of protests in southern provinces, hoping to gain a big price differential if the government agrees to guarantee the rubber price at Bt120 per kg.
