IN BRIEFS

national merit-making

Date and time set Council for National Security chairman and Army Commander-in-Chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin will next month lead elaborate, nationwide merit-making for the Kingdom, according to Army secretary Maj-General Weeran Chanthasartkosol.

Weeran said Sonthi felt the country had not improved since the September 19 coup and wanted the country to join him in making merit.

Alms will be presented to monks at 7.09am on February 24, he said.

In Bangkok, merit-making will be at Sanam Luang and elsewhere at provincial halls.

At 4.09pm monks will chant prayers to bless the country, which will be broadcast live. - The Nation.

Lese majeste: Thaksin accused

Five Buri Ram residents, including failed electoral candidates, filed a complaint on Friday calling for police to investigate whether ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra made offensive remarks against the monarchy in an interview on CNN.

Citing a transcript of Thaksin's interview with the cable news station as evidence, they alleged that Thaksin's remarks could be construed as a vendetta against His Majesty the King. - The Nation

The Nation Thailand
Saturday January 27, 2007