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BANGKOK, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Sondhi Limthongkul, arch-critic of Thai media mogul
and caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, failed to show up Monday for
police interrogation over lese majeste charges.
Suvat Aphaiphak, Sondhi's lawyer, asked Crime Suppression Division Commander Vinai Thongsong to
delay the police questioning until May 17, saying his client should
have been given more than a seven-day time frame to prepare himself
against the charges of lese majeste as published in local Thai-language
Kom Chad Luek newspaper last month.
The lawyer produced the names of nine persons whom he said may be summoned
by the police as witnesses for his client.
Nonetheless, the Crime Suppression Division commander rejected Sondhi's
request for extended time.
Sondhi, one of the key leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a coalition of anti-Thaksin groups, is expected to have another 10 days to prepare himself for police questioning. An arrest warrant will likely be issued for Sondhi, should he fail to show up for the second time. Enditem | 
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