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From the Bangkok Post 14th March:-

ICT Ministry blocks pro-Thaksin website

By Supawadee Inthawong
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The Information and Communication Ministry managed to block a pro-Thaksin website yesterday evening after beating web operators trying to sidestep them. The operators tried to restore the site at night, but could only put back on the web a link to a video clip of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra greeting his supporters. The site is

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The Council for National Security (CNS) yesterday ordered the ICT to crack down on the website if the clip and other pro-Thaksin content were deemed to spark divisions in society.

The website was reportedly produced by zealous supporters of Mr Thaksin.

"We always listen to all sides except for the old power, which intends to cause social division," said CNS spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd.

Webmasters posted a message on the site before it was blocked yesterday, insisting they were not hired by Mr Thaksin or Thai Rak Thai. They said they only wanted to give him moral support and a channel to communicate with the people.

"You prohibit Mr Thaksin from airing his views on TV, so we just let him talk via the internet," the website wrote.

In the video clip seen yesterday, Mr Thaksin said he was concerned about the fate of a scholarship scheme financed by the sale of two-and-three-digit lottery tickets, a project he initiated.

He also said he missed home. It was unclear where he was speaking from.

The website was reportedly inaccessible around early evening. A few hours earlier, the site could not be logged on to but the web operators suggested alternative internet addresses to access it. Those channels were later blocked as well.

The web operators, however, refused to give in and vowed to find way to put the site back on. "We'll never bow to dictatorship," the webmasters said.