Thaksin Web site blocked ahead of Thai court ruling

May 28, 2007
BANGKOK – 

Thailand’s army-backed government has blocked ousted premier
Thaksin Shinawatra’s Web site amid heightened tensions ahead of a court
decision on the future of two key political parties, an official said
Monday.
The Hi-Thaksin Web site can no longer be accessed in Thailand
due to “security concerns,” an information ministry spokesman said,
while declining to indicate whether [...]

Thai parties await elections ruling

By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok
Published: May 27 2007 21:25 | Last updated: May 27 2007 21:25

Thailand’s
army chief pledged a swift restoration of democracy when he sent tanks
into Bangkok to drive Thaksin Shinawatra, then prime minister, from
power last September.
But while the current military-installed
government insists it is on course to transfer power to a freshly
elected government around [...]

Thailand braces itself for a leap into the political unknown

2007/5/28

Thailand is braced for a leap into
the unknown this week as a court decides whether to disband the
country’s top two parties and ban their leaders from politics for
breaching election laws.
Fears are widespread the verdicts on Wednesday may escalate the coup-prone nation’s political uncertainty into chaos.

Those fears were laid out starkly by King Bhumibol Adulyadej [...]