Yellow Shirts petition court, seek to revoke border talk documents

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BANGKOK, Oct 29 -- The 'Yellow Shirt' People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Friday petitioned Thailand’s Central Administrative Court seeking a court injunction barring implementation of the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and to revoke three documents dealt with by the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting.

Speaking after submitting the petition, PAD spokesman Panthep Puapongpan said the petition was necessary as there was clear evidence that Thailand might be at risk of losing its territories once the 2000 MoU is implemented. In addition, he said the document is yet to be approved by parliament, which is considered unconstitutional. The PAD pledged to rally at parliament on Nov 2, the same day Parliament is scheduled to vote on the documents.

Mr Panthep said the gathering will be orderly and under constitution guidelines and will not violate the emergency decree which remains in effect in the capital. He promised the rally would not obstruct the joint parliamentary session.

The PAD had earlier issued a statement taking the government to task for pushing for a joint parliamentary debate on the three JBC documents. The group's leaders also strongly criticised

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for breaking his promise to hold a forum to gather public opinion on the documents before forwarding them to Parliament for further consideration.

The PAD statement claimed that the documents originated from the MoU signed by Thailand and Cambodia in June 2000 related to the survey and boundary demarcation. The documents are based on the 2000 MoU which recognises a French map with a scale of 1:200,000 sq km which put Thailand at risk of losing territory.

Pol Lt Gen Chakthip Chaichinda Metropolitan Police Chief said he assigned Pol Maj Gen Wichai Sangprapai, commander of Metropolitan Police Division 1, to supervise a 600-strong police contingent to maintain law and order during the PAD rally.

The metropolitan police chief said the Yellow Shirt leaders agreed during talks with the authorities that they would rally peacefully and that it will not be prolonged.

Gen Chakthip said he believed that there would be no disturbance. (MCOT online news)