Across Asia: Thailand

PM grilled at parliament

Thailand's opposition leader launched a scathing but largely symbolic parliamentary attack yesterday against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, whose office remains under siege from hundreds of street protesters.

The two-day no-confidence debate is unlikely to create anything more than some bad headlines for Samak's five-month-old coalition, which can count on solid support from the overwhelming majority it secured in a December election.

(China Daily 06/25/2008 page11)