Deputy Prime Minister General Chatchai Sarikulya on Monday dismissed speculation that one of the new political parties, Palang Pracha Rath (Power of Public State), had been established in order to back the ruling junta.

Like a ghost, the controversial Meawong Dam project has resurfaced to haunt environmentalists. Agricultural and Cooperatives Minister General Chatchai Sarikulya suggested resurrecting the idea after taking a trip to inspect the Bhumibol Dam in Tak provinc