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  Yanyong says PM did nothing wrong

  10 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has done nothing wrong in the government's implementation of the rice-pledging scheme, Caretaker Deputy Commerce Minister Yanyong Phuangrach has insisted to the anti-graft agency.
  
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  Govt stalls Senate meet

  10 Apr 2014 : The caretaker government is using the Council of State, its legal arm, to delay the next meeting of the Senate. Apparently, the delay is a bid to block the removal of Nikhom Wairatpanich as Senate Speaker, and Somsak Kiatsuranon retroactively as parliament president, by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
  

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  Ko Tee faces lese majeste arrest

  10 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered police to charge Pathum Thani-based red-shirt leader Wuthipong Kachathamkul, alias Ko Tee, for an alleged lese majeste offence committed in an interview with a foreign journalist.

• Army won’t back scofflaws

  10 Apr 2014 : Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has reiterated that the army will not support any moves that violate the law and any wrongdoers must be prosecuted.

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  Capo warns civil servants over conduct

  10 Apr 2014 : The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (Capo) has warned permanent secretaries and civil servants that they could face severe disciplinary actions if they spend their office time welcoming anti-government protesters.
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  Army 'won't back scofflaws'

  09 Apr 2014 : Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has reiterated that the army will not support any moves that violate the law and any wrongdoers must be prosecuted.
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  Officials defy Suthep talks order

  09 Apr 2014 : Defence permanent secretary Nipat Thonglek has defended his meeting with Suthep Thaugsuban after leading other ministry officials into talks with the anti-government leader who visited the ministry on Wednesday, saying he did not offer him "a warm welcome".
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  Supa new member of NACC

  09 Apr 2014 : Finance deputy permanent secretary Supa Piyajitti has been selected as a new member of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), replacing Jaidet Pornchaiya whose term expired at the age of 70, reports said.
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  PM orders action against Ko Tee
  
  09 Apr 2014 : Police chief Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew has been instructed to take legal action against Wuthipong Kachathamkun, alias Ko Tee, the red-shirt leader in Pathum Thani province, for alleged lese majeste, PM's secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva said on Wednesday.
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  Jongchai to run for Senate speaker

  09 Apr 2014 : New senator Jongchai Thiengtham declared his intention to run for speaker of the upper house on Wednesday after his election received the final stamp of approval.
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  Yingluck: 'Double removal' not possible

  09 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra insists she cannot be doubly removed from office as she has already been relieved of duty after the Dec 9, 2013 House dissolution.
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  CMPO orders ban on talking to PDRC

  09 Apr 2014 : The Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) on Wednesday ordered state officials not to leave their offices and talk to rallying anti-government protesters calling on civil servants to join their campaign against the caretaker government.