When is a lie not a lie?

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
When is a lie not a lie?

I am totally confused. Did Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong lie about export growth of 15 per cent or did he not lie?

 

First of all, he said he lied. Now he says he didn’t lie. 
If he is not lying now, that means that the first time he said he lied, he lied because he didn’t lie. 
If he is lying now, then when he first said he lied, he wasn’t lying, because he lied.
Only in Thailand!
David Brown
Rayong