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• NACC seeks Chinese aid in rice probe

  14 May 2014 : The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) plans to seek assistance from the Chinese embassy to examine Chinese companies implicated in the controversial sale of rice paddy under the government-to-government deal.
  

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   Senators face insurrection complaint

  14 May 2014 : Pheu Thai will today file a Department of Special Investigation complaint accusing acting Senate Speaker Surachai Liangboonlertchai and the Group of 40 senators of breaching insurrection laws by supporting People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader Suthep Thaugsuban.
  

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  Academics urge end to Section 7 bid

  14 May 2014 : A group of peace advocates has called on rival political groups to nominate their choice for interim prime minister rather than continue to bicker over legal technicalities.

• Political impasse squeezes AIS revenue expectations

  14 May 2014 : Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile operator, is feeling the pinch of reduced revenue as the political stand-off worsens consumer spending.
     
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  Lawyers slams Amsterdam on 112

  14 May 2014 : Red-shirt legal adviser Robert Amsterdam almost certainly breached national security laws by calling for the abolition of the lese majeste law, the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT) says.
     
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  Rivals raise pressure on Senate

  14 May 2014 : The Senate is struggling to come up with ways to end the political crisis as both the anti-government movement and the red shirts pile pressure on the Upper House to back their causes.
    
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  Ex-MP accused of lese majeste

  13 May 2014 : The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) has filed a complaint with police accusing former Pheu Thai MP and red-shirt core member Prasit Chaisrisa of lese majeste.
    
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  Prayuth: We listen, we don't decide

  13 May 2014 : It is not up to the top brass to decide on the Rattha Bukkhon group's proposal seeking His Majesty the King's intervention to help solve the political impasse, it is for the whole of society to decide, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday.

• Surapong sues nine charter court judges

  13 May 2014 : Former deputy prime minister and foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul yesterday said he will sue Constitutional Court judges for their decision to disqualify him from cabinet in the case involving the removal of National Security Council chief Thawil Pliensri in 2011.
    
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  Suthep, PDRC burst into parliament

  13 May 2014 : The acting Senate speaker's permission for People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader Suthep Thaugsuban to enter parliament premises and hold a closed-door discussion with him has sparked outrage from the red shirts and pro-government elements.
    
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  Lumpini Park clean-up starts

  13 May 2014 : Hundreds of cleaning staff and volunteers began cleaning up Lumpini Park after the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) relocated to Ratchadamnoen Avenue on Monday afternoon.
    
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  Acting PM vows July poll date

  13 May 2014 : Acting caretaker Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisarn has vowed to employ every means possible to ensure a general election takes place in July.