Efforts to deprive UDD of political, strategic and financial support continue.

Several UDD leaders are in detention, others are being pursued by the authorities. Depending on the day and the hour, news reports have Thaksin Shinawatra variously travelling, not travelling, holding a Nicaraguan passport, holding no passport, hiding in Nigeria or remaining in Dubai. An Interpol red notice remains in force.

Authorities have also been shutting down or solidifying their control over a number of community radio stations that supported taxi drivers and/or other groups of UDD supporters.

The UDD continues to claim it do not lose, it merely regrouped. Some are threatening an expanding campaign of unrest, including arson, terrorism and other such acts.

Allegations of Army massacre continue but little evidence forthcoming.

The Army continues to be accused not only of shooting at protestors but of killing many and hiding the bodies. However, there has so far apparently been no useful evidence made public to support these claims. The head monk of one temple claims he saw the Army shoot several people dead, including another monk.

The UDD released news video they claimed showed the Army shooting someone they had dragged off a bus. Video from a different angle and a witness both showed the man in the red shirt had in fact been felled by a baton strike by a particularly feisty military policeman.

Officials, from military top brass to the Prime Minister, insist that no such killing has been covered up, and at least one fully-transparent probe will ensure the facts are made public.

Sondhi assassination story morphs yet again.

Yet more details have been released about the attempted killing of Sondhi Limthongkul. Sondhi refutes reports that he hit the deck and says he sat up, thought about HM the King, and watched the attack unfold. An unindentified witness says the attackers’ pickup was black, not golden-bronze as earlier reported. Furthermore, there were two gunmen, not seven. Questions about links between the attack and “men in uniform” continue to be posed.

Following the attack, Sondhi’s son waded into the fray with a range of allegations that have spiced up the already intriguing political scene. If anybody has a reasonable idea what happened and who was behind it, they’re not saying so publicly.

Oh and for sure, there was no fourth person – a mystery woman – also in Sondhi’s car.