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SINGAPORE: The stand-off between Thailand’s Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and Army Commander-in-Chief Anupong Paochinda remained unresolved until nightfall on Thursday. With speculation rife about possible moves by the Army, Mr. Somchai imposed a localised state of Emergency at two Bangkok airports that were taken over by anti-government protesters on Wednesday. The police would be deployed to evict the protesters; and observers drew attention to Mr. Somchai’s silence, in his televised address, about tasking the Army. An official spokesman had earlier told local journalists the government had asked the Army to stay in the barracks. A few months ago, the military, when asked to act under an Emergency decree in Bangkok, had vowed not to use force. And, Gen. Anupong has now asked Mr. Somchai to dissolve the House of Representatives, elected under the present military-crafted Constitution and hold a fresh election to solve the crisis. On the foreign policy front, there were calls for postponing a series of regional summits that Thailand has to host in mid-December. India is among the invitees. In this context, and in the absence of a statement by the Thai Foreign Ministry, East Asian circles are agog with “stories” that Bangkok had asked New Delhi a few days ago to clarify the Indian Navy’s action of destroying a “mother pirate vessel” near the Gulf of Aden earlier this month. The vessel is suspected to have been “a pirate-hijacked craft with Thai nationals on board.”
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