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From The Nation:
Committee member for reconciliation Anusorn Tamajai on Thursday floated an idea to form two elected bodies respectively in charge of charter rewrite and country’s reforms. “Complex problems require comprehensive reforms and the structural revamp needs the participation of the people,” he said.
Two elected bodies? Participation? Where could this end?

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A Myanmar newspaper says authorities have arrested an American man who allegedly swam across a lake and snuck into the lakeside home of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Myanma Ahlin newspaper says in its Thursday edition that police fished the man out of Yangon’s Inya Lake on Wednesday while he was returning from [...]

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News in Bangkok has a short essay on General Anupong Paochinda’s threat to sue anyone who speculates on links between him and the shooting of Sondhi Limthongkul.  Readers with an interest in such matters may find it useful.

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