Puea Thai Party Chairman General Chavalit Yongchaiyut has joined the list of supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra who are being accused of conspiring to overthrow Thailand's monarchy. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Wednesday that General Chavalit has been summoned to the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situations (CRES) to answer accusations that he and other members of the Puea Thai Party are working to unseat King Bhumipol.
Plotting to overthrow the monarchy and corruption are weapons that General Prem and his supporters have used very effectively against leaders of the Thai Rak Thai party and its successors for the past five years. They used the charges to force Former Prime Ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and Somchai Wongsawat from office and Mr. Thaksin from the country.
Mr. Chavalit has denied the allegations; representatives of Puea Thai have filed a defamation complaint against Prime Minster Abhisit Vejjajiva, Mr. Suthep and other governmental leaders.
On Wednesday, one soldier was killed and 18 demonstrators were injured when troops fired rubber bullets at a convoy of government opponents, the so-called Red Shirts. The demonstrators have been massed at the Ratchaprasong business district for weeks. Mr. Abhisit said he will not set a deadline for them to disperse.
Government supporters, the so-called Yellow Shirts, have called on their members to rally Thursday at military posts throughout the country and urge soldiers to restore order.
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