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Highlights in October 2006 October 30, 2006 (Monday)

• China-ASEAN Summit:

o Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was meeting Monday with leaders of Asean members, including Malaysia, in the south China city of Nanning for a summit showcasing Beijing's influence and increasingly close ties with its neighbours. (The Star)

o Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to discuss the Korean issue when he meets his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao today. (The Star)

• About 10,000 volunteers are on standby and ready to be mobilised in evacuation operations in the eventuality of floods in the interior areas of Ulu Kelantan next month and in December. (Bernama)

• Typhoon Cimaron, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in eight years, blasted out to the South China Sea today after bringing the north of the archipelago to a near standstill. (Reuters)

October 27, 2006 (Friday)

• President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo departs for a five-day visit to China to discuss trade and chair a summit for China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (AFP) (INQ7)

• Southeast Asian haze: Rains douse forest fires and clear skies in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Airports reopen on Sumatra that were closed due to the smog. Air quality is improved in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. (Reuters)

• South Thailand insurgency: Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont makes a surprise visit to Songkhla, where he pays a visit to Buddhist monks and Royal Thai Army soldiers injured in a bomb attack on Sunday in Narathiwat. (Nation) (AFP)

• Junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin warns deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that he should not return to Thailand without his permission.

(AFP)

October 26, 2006 (Thursday)

• ASEAN receives permanent observer status at the United Nations after the approval of a resolution for its application. (INQ7)(People's Online Journal)

• Pojaman Shinawatra, wife of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra meets with Privy Councilor Gen. Prem Tinsulanonda at his home for about 15 minutes. "There was no discussion about politics or power seizing. Khunying Pojaman met General Prem in a respect-paying manner and simply asked about each other's well-being," an aide to Prem is quoted as saying by The Nation. (TNA) (Nation) (Nation)

one-day visits to neighboring countries since assuming the premiership, flying to Hanoi, where he meets with his counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung and other leaders to reaffirm diplomatic trade ties. (AFP) (TNA)

• Vietnam will be granted full membership in the World Trade Organization, the trade body reports. (Reuters)

October 25, 2006 (Wednesday)

• The coup in Thailand and the Myanmar issue could keep planned talks between ASEAN nations and US President George W. Bush from

happening next month on the sidelines of the APEC summit. (AFP)

• Parliament passes a bill for compulsory military service for men between 18 and 30, despite pushing by international donors to reduce the size of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. (Australian)

• East Timor crisis: A clash between rival armed groups near Dili leaves two people dead and causes the closure of Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport. (AFP)

• South Thailand insurgency: On the second anniversary of the Tak Bai Incident, in which more than 80 Muslim protestors died after being arrested, Human Rights and Amnesty International call on the government to bring those responsible for the deaths and injuries to justice. (TNA)

• Interim government:

o Junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin who led the coup d'état that ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra says an investigation has thus far turned up no links between the deposed premier and any corruption scandals. "It will be difficult to implicate him," Sonthi tells The Nation. (Nation)

o Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont meets with leaders of political parties and promises to ease restrictions on political gatherings set by the junta. (AFP)

• Seventy-six North Koreans are arrested with illegally entering the kingdom. They were among 91 suspected defectors, including 52 women and 10 children under the age of 15, found on Tuesday in an apartment in Pathum Thani. (AFP) (TNA)

• In a 8-7 vote, the Supreme Court of the Philippines votes against a 'People's Intiative' intended to change the constitution. (INQ7)

October 24, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Princess Marie Ranariddh, the estranged wife of ousted Funcinpec leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, is appointed to a ministerial post by the

National Assembly. The move makes public the much-rumored split of the royal couple.(AP)

since the execution last month of three Christian militants. One person died in a clash on Monday. (Reuters)

• Two Muslims, Sirojul Munir and Muhammad Rudi bin Salim, convicted in the 2002 Bali bombings, are released from prison. Both had been

sentenced in 2003 to five years for their part in bombings. Their early releases spark condemnation from victims' families and the Australian government. (Australian) (Guardian)

• Jail time is reduced by six weeks for Tommy Suharto, the former

dictator's son, who was sentenced to 15 years in 2002 for paying a hitman to kill a Supreme Court judge. His sentence had earlier been reduced to 10 years. (Age)

• South Thailand insurgency:

o Three Muslims are killed as celebrations begin for Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan. One is fatally shot in front of a mosque in Yala. Two others, including an iman, were shot on Monday in Pattani. (AFP)

o In a move the government hopes will pave the way towards peace in southern Thailand, the Cabinet endorses the revival of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center, which was shut down in 2001 by the Thaksin administration. The center will coordinate various government activities and serve as a mediation body. Its approval comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the Tak Bai Incident. (TNA) (Nation)

• Thailand interim civilian government:

o Meechai Ruchuphan, who served as legal adviser to the

administration of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is elected speaker of the National Legislative Assembly. Other candidates were Prasong Soonsiri and Purachai Piumsomboon.

(TNA) (Nation)

o 100 protestors demonstrate at the parliment building call for the members of assembly to resign, saying they are "junta lapdogs" and the "servants of dictators". (Nation)

October 23, 2006 (Monday)

• Continuing his round of visits to neighboring countries, Thailand's interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont visits Manila, where he meets President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who backs his "very strong"

commitment to undertake a "roadmap to constitutional democracy" in a year's time. Surayud says he discussed the South Thailand insurgency, noting that Manila is in talks with Moro Islamic Liberation Front. "I appreciate the role of the Philippine government in adopting the right approach to tackle insurgency in its southern region," Surayud said. "I told

ongoing insurgency in its three southern border provinces." (TNA) (INQ7) (AFP)

October 22, 2006 (Sunday)

• East Timor crisis: Fighting breaks out between two rival gangs after the mutilated remains of two bodies are found. Two men are stabbed in the fighting, and four others are injured. United Nations peacekeepers are brought in to restore order. (AFP) (AP)

• Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad meets with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi amidst hopes by their party, the United Malays National Organisation, that the two would put an end to their public

bickering. However, after two hours, Mahathir emerges as critical as ever. "I can't say I am happy, I am satisfied I am able to say these things directly to him," he says. "I will continue to criticise if I feel something is done which is not beneficial to the country." (AFP)

• South Thailand insurgency: A bomb hidden in a wastebin in front of an electronics shop in Narathiwat explodes, killing a soldier and injuring a dozen people, including five Buddhist monks making their morning alms rounds. (AFP) (TNA)

• Thailand flooding:

o Already under pressure from flooding to the north, the Bangkok area is on the alert for floods during a period of hide tides. (TNA)

o The Department of Fisheries warns that crocodiles bred in illegal farms have been escaping from their confinement due to the floods encompassing much of the central provinces. (TNA)

o The total number of patients suffering from flood-related ailments has soared to 472,897 as measured up to October 20, a public health official says. (TNA)

October 21, 2006 (Saturday)

• Southeast Asian haze: 12 airlines cancel domestic flights from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport due to smog at many destinations, including Jambi, Banjarmasin, Jayapura, Semarang, Surabaya, Bengkulu, Denpasar, Makassar, Pekanbaru and Padang.(Antara)

• Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont continues his round of visits to ASEAN neighbors, paying a one-day visit to Indonesia. He meets President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who encourages the junta-backed premier to lift martial law. (TNA) (AFP) (Antara)

• Flooding in Myanmar and Thailand has killed 143 people. Flooding since August in central and northern Thailand has claimed 124 lives, the government says. At its peak earlier this month, after heavy rains from

central and eastern Myanmar, floods have killed 19 people, though the water has already subsided in most places. (AFP)

October 20, 2006 (Friday)

• Southeast Asian haze:

o Malaysia calls for a regionwide firefighting taskforce to put out the forest fires in Indonesia, where farmers are clearing land for oil palm plantations. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Azmi Khalid says he'll push the proposal at ASEAN ministerial talks in the Philippines next month. (AFP) (Bernama) (Star)

o Indonesia signs a contract with the Russian government to lease two Beriev Be-200 airplanes, amphibious aircraft that can be used to fight forest fires. The planes are expected to arrived in Indonesia on November 1. (Novosti)

• South Thailand insurgency: Five people are killed and 12 injured in overnight and early morning attacks. Two people die and 10 are injured in a bomb blast at a tea house in Songkhla. Two people are killed in drive-by shootings late Thursday in Narathiwat and another fatally shot early today.

Two soldiers are injured in another bomb attack. (TNA) (AFP)

• The legislative assembly of the interim civilian government is sworn in by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. "If all of you perform your duty properly, the country will be stabilized, and the people will be happy. But if you work poorly, the country and the people will suffer," the prince says.

(AFP) (TNA)

October 19, 2006 (Thursday)

• Southeast Asian haze: NGOs call for a detailed study on the the economic impact of the haze, which they say is worst since 1997, costing about US$9 billion in losses. (CNA) (Straits Times)

• Ousted as leader of the Funcinpec party, Prince Norodom Ranariddh says he plans to form a new political party. (AFP)

• Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, a critic of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, ends a sit-in after winning a court ruling against his suspension.

Binay, his deputy and council were suspended on Tuesday after the

government said there were 500 non-existent employees on the city payroll.

(AFP)

October 18, 2006 (Wednesday)

ouster "illegal". The party names Keo Puth Rasmey, Cambodia's ambassasor to Germany, as its new head. (Reuters) (AP)

• The United Nations issues its report on the East Timor crisis, which calls for former prime minister Mari Alkatiri and other officials to be criminally investigated. The 79-page report clears President Xanana Gusmão of ordering former military police chief Major Alfredo Reinado "to carry out criminal actions," but says Reinado himself, who was jailed on weapons charges but later escaped in a prison break, could be "reasonably suspected of having committed crimes." (AFP) (Age)

• Southeast Asian haze:

o Air quality in Kuala Lumpur and Johor hit unhealthy levels due to the land-clearing fires in Indonesia. In Kuala Lumpur, the API is 108. (AFP)

o Visibility improves in Singapore, which reports a PSI falling from 92 to 70, but hazey conditions are likely to return on Thursday. (CNA)

• Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont meets with Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar during a visit to re-affirm ties and discuss security issues, including the South Thailand insurgency. Former premier Mahathir Mohamad says the insurgents want to hold talks. "I think they are at a stage where they want to talk, so they need a response from the government," he told the New Straits Times, and says he's willing to continue as a negotiator. (AFP) (TNA) (NST)

October 17, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Southeast Asian haze:

o Rain brings relief to residents in Pekanbaru on Sumatra but

firefighters working to douse forest fires in Central Kalimantan are hampered by a lack of adequate equipment. (CNA)

o Civil servants in Central Kalimantan Province are offered two days off work if they help fight fires in the Borneo jungles. Visibility in Palangkaraya is less than 100 meters. In Jambi on Sumatra, visibility is less than 300 meters and flights from the provincial airport have been suspended indefinitely. (AFP)

• Indonesia confirms the 55th death from H5N1. The victim is a 27-year-old woman from Central Java. (AFP)

• Lapindo Brantas, the gas-drilling company that officials say is responsible for the mudspill that has left 12,000 people homeless in Sidoarjo, East Java, will pay more than US$100 million this year towards the clean up. The company's parent, Energi Mega Persada, says it will spend around $106 million on the disaster, for which it has yet to admit any

responsibility. The mudflow, meanwhile, is being routed towards the sea.

(AFP) (AP)

bank in Yala, bringing to 13 the number of people killed in violence in the southern provinces since Sunday. Five people were killed late Monday in drive-by shootings: four people in Yala and a one person in Pattani. (AFP)

• Tarisa Watanagase is appointed governor of the Bank of Thailand, replacing Pridiyathorn Devakula who was appointed finance minister in the interim government. Tarisa, 57, was an assistant governor of the BoT and is the first female governor in the bank's 64-year . (TNA)

October 16, 2006 (Monday)

• A Christian priest, The Rev Irianto Kongkoli, is fatally shot in Palu, Sulawesi. Kongkoli was an outspoken priest who had led many protests against last months execution of three Christian militants found guilty of taking part in an attack on a Muslim boarding school. (BBC)

• South Thailand insurgency: A Pattani Province official is killed in a drive-by shooting (TNA)

October 15, 2006 (Sunday)

• Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont pays a visit to Phnom Penh and meets Prime Minister Hun Sen to reaffirm ties and pledge cooperation on cross-border issues. (TNA) (TNA)

October 14, 2006 (Saturday)

• Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont embarks on his first international mission, for a round of visits with neighboring countries. In Vientiane, he meets with Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and President Choummaly Sayasone. (TNA) (TNA)

• Southeast Asian haze: Air quality in Singapore worsens after being in the good to moderate range for more than a week. The Pollutant Standards Index hits 110 at 8pm, well into the PSI's "unhealthy" range of 100-200.

(CNA)

• Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has expressed a desire to return to Thailand. "As a Thai citizen, Mr. Thaksin has the right to return to Thailand but the timing will have to be discussed among all parties

concerned," says interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. (TNA)

October 13, 2006 (Friday)

• Southeast Asian haze:

o At a meeting of environment ministers in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia appeals for help from its neighbours to deal with blazes that are creating the regionwide smog. "We are open to suggestions that will increase our effectiveness in suppressing current and future fires, and we welcome assistance from within and outside the region to overcome this dreadful problem which affects millions of lives,"

Indonesian environment minister Rachmat Witoelar says. (AFP)

o Indonesia is "respectfully urged" by its neighbors to ratify the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong also calls on Indonesia to sign the treaty. (AFP) (CNA)

• South Thailand insurgency: A police sergeant is injured in Yala as he inspects a suspicious object left in a food shop. (Nation)

October 12, 2006 (Thursday)

• Southeast Asian haze: Environment ministers from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand will meet in Pakanbaru, Riau, to discuss the haze. (AFP)

• East Timor Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta says his country does not want a United Nations peacekeeping force and will continue to rely on troops deployed by regional neighbors, such as Australia, which were sent after the political crisis. Cambodia says it plans to send troops.

• Thailand interim civilian government: A new parliament, comprising 242 members selected by the Council for National Security is endorsed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Members include Chamlong Srimuang, one of the leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy; former Thai Rak Thai party member and interior minister Purachai Piumsombun, former foreign

minister Surin Pitsuwan, and Wissanu Krea-ngam, who served as deputy prime minister in the Thaksin administration. The new body may question government policy but has no power to change laws or remove government officials from office. (AFP) (TNA)

• South Thailand insurgency: Three people are fatally shot in separate attacks. One was a rubber factory worker in Yala. Another was a man who was gunned down at his home in Narathiwat. The third was killed in a drive-by shooting in Pattani. (AFP)

• Thailand floods:

o A family of three is swept away in a flash flood in Mae Hong Son, bringing the flooding death toll to 42. (TNA)

and flooding farmland. (Nation)

October 11, 2006 (Wednesday)

• Southeast Asian haze:

o President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono apologizes to Malaysia and Singapore for the haze that originates from land clearing fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan. "Clearly, this is not a problem we intend to inflict to our neighbours and we are continuously trying to tackle it and prevent it in future," he says, vowing to punish the plantation firms that are setting the fires.

o Singapore invites environment ministers for a meeting of the affected nations, which also include Brunei and Thailand, but Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda insists the meeting should be held in his country, possibly in Pakanbaru, Riau.(AFP)

• Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is in Australia on a visit to discuss security and trade relations. He holds a news conference with his Australian counterpart, John Howard, in which both leaders decry the North Korean nuclear test. (VOA)

October 10, 2006 (Tuesday)

• Communist Party of Vietnam secretary-general Nông Đức Mạnh arrives for a four-day visit in Laos, where he's to meet his counterpart, Choummaly Sayasone, as well as Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.

(AFP)

• Southeast Asian haze:

o Malaysian Natural Resources and Environment minister Azmi Khalid says talks with his counterparts from Singapore and Indonesia are being planned. (AFP) (CNA) (Reuters)

o Malaysia's Meteorological Services Department reports improved visibility in northern regions of peninsular Malaysia. (BERNAMA)

• More than 1,000 delegates gather in Yangon for the reconvening of the constitutional convention in Myanmar, chaired by the junta, which lashes out at the United Nations Security Council for its discussion of the country in sessions last month. (Guardian) (BBC) (AFP)

• Six people are killed and at least 42 injured in a bombing during a town celebration in Makilala, Cotabato on Mindanao. Two others are killed and four injured in a blast at a market in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat. Officials blame Muslim extremist groups. (AFP) (Sun.Star) (BBC) (CNN)

• Heavy rains cause flooding in Bangkok, with footpaths in Siam Square under water and key roads snarled with traffic. However, King Bhumibol Adulyadej orders flood runoff from the Chao Phraya River diverted to the

(Nation) (Nation) (TNA)

October 9, 2006 (Monday)

• As it prepares to re-open its constitutional convention, the junta criticizes the National League for Democracy, which is boycotting the proceedings, and vows that any party "attempting to undermine the National Convention will be crushed with the people's strength." (AP)

• Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's cabinet, chosen Sunday, is sworn in by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Among the names are Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula as finance minister and deputy premier and Nit Phibunsongkhram as foreign minister. The monarch urges the new government to look after Thailand's image. "The country is in dire straits

• Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's cabinet, chosen Sunday, is sworn in by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Among the names are Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula as finance minister and deputy premier and Nit Phibunsongkhram as foreign minister. The monarch urges the new government to look after Thailand's image. "The country is in dire straits

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