Contrary to allegations by leading rubber farmers, the government has not instructed the Rubber Authority of Thailand to unload its old stockpile of third-grade rubber sheets onto the market, Government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Saturday.

Government ministers and officials yesterday rejected speculation that the government was recruiting people to reply to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’ s six questions in regard to future politics and the election.