<p>&nbsp;While the world&rsquo;s attention has been focussed on the steady outpouring of secret and confidential US State Department cables from the Wikileaks website, Prachatai has come across a similar treasure trove from the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p>

<p>Chaos has been caused by the latest pronouncement by the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) (Legislative Branch) banning the &lsquo;possession or distribution of any goods, clothing, or other materials which bear pictures, illustrations or anything that will instigate unrest or cause disunity among the public.&rsquo;</p>

<p>&nbsp;Welcome everyone to this latest Media Training Session for Foreign Ministry Officials. If I could quickly recap, in previous sessions we have dealt with selecting members of the media with whom it would be useful to develop connections, or &lsquo;Who to Woo&rsquo; [quiet chuckle]. And then what clothing is appropriate for photo ops, or &lsquo;Dress for the Press&rsquo; [self-satisfied smile].</p> <p>So today we move on to what to say to the media and we are going to use as a model the interview given by His Excellency the Minister to the Bangkok Post at the APEC meeting.</p>

<p>&nbsp;14 January 2011</p> <p>The uploading on to YouTube of the 17th set of videos from the &lsquo;ohmygod3009&rsquo; source has followed the pattern set by previous clips over the past 4 months which purport to show corruption or improper behaviour inside the Constitutional Court.</p>

<p>&nbsp;So we have pictures and videos, that may or may not be legit, purporting to show:</p> <p>(a) interference in the workings of the judiciary by the Privy Council;</p> <p>(b) highly questionable discussions between a Constitutional Court official and an MP on the legal team of the ruling Democrat Party on a pending case that could lead to the dissolution of the party and banning from politics of, among others, the Prime Minister;</p> <p>(c) discussions among judges about how to avoid giving a verdict against the government and how to avoid criticisms of double standards if they do;</p>

<p>Here we go again. Not content with telling us what we can and cannot do (I thought we had a government to do that) Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha takes time from his undoubtedly busy schedule to explain Thai society for us.</p>

<p>The decision of the Administrative Court in the case of Khunying Jaruvan Maintaka seems to put a conclusive end to a remarkable tenure as Auditor-General. Or perhaps not.</p>

<p>National jubilation as stranded pedestrians are reunited with their families after 69-day ordeal.</p> <p>Thailand erupted in an outburst of collective joy yesterday when the last of 33 pedestrians was safely escorted across Sukhumwit Road in an operation that proceeded with astonishing efficiency. There had been fears that the rescue would take much longer, leaving the &lsquo;klum sam-sip sam&rsquo; in a never-ending traffic limbo with their relatives and friends waiting anxiously on the far side of the street.</p>

<p>The takeover of Leicester City football club in England by Thailand&rsquo;s King Power International Group has not gone completely according to plan.&nbsp; The Raksriasksorn family have been disappointed that since the beginning of the season, Leicester have won only two Championship games, drawn two and lost 6.&nbsp; This has left the team stranded in the relegation zone with the threat of dropping into the 3rd tier for only the second time in the club&rsquo;s illustrious 126-year history.<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p>Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd, spokesperson for the CRES, has told a Sub-Committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Thailand that unscrupulous persons are claiming that 91 people were killed during the red shirt demonstration in Bangkok in April and May.</p>

<p>It is musical chairs time in the Royal Thai Police and a keen new officer has been sent to a provincial police station where he is eager to join in the fight against crime in the service of justice.&nbsp; It is his first staff meeting and he wants to impress.</p> <p>The locker-room joshing is brought to a sudden end by the appearance of a clearly incandescent station superintendent.&nbsp; The assembled officers wait in fearful silence to find out what has gone so badly wrong.</p> <p>&lsquo;Have you seen the paper?&rsquo;</p>

<p>The logic doesn&rsquo;t work in quite the same way here.</p> <p>Certain verbs operate as logical sequences. So if I show you something, you can see it. If I lend you something (or you borrow from me) then you owe me.</p>