Police break open student lockers yesterday at Rajamangala Tech’s Uthen Thawai campus in a bid to prevent stockpiling of weapons for revenge attacks ahead of the university’s anniversary, on Sunday. Police find home-made bombs, guns and knives at feuding college. (Dailyxpress/nationmultimedia)

Thailand Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, left, shakes hands with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Hall Raymond at Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, Jan. 29. 2009. Kasit says it would grant the United Nations access to 66 Myanmar boat people convicted for illegally entering the country following allegations that Thai officials had earlier abused asylum seekers beached on its shores. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

File picture of Maurice John Praill (left) and Stephen James Ellison of Britain attend a press conference in Bangkok, 2007. Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 28 upheld a 14-year prison sentence for British national Maurice John Praill on charges of sexually abusing an 8-year-old boy eight years ago. (AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

Deputy police chief Pol Gen Jongrak Jutanont sits with Sarawuth Ariya, 28, who was charged with negligence in connection with the Santika Pub inferno on the New year eve. The inferno killed 66 party goers and injured many others. (manager.co.th)

A partial solar eclipse is seen above the sky in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Thai school children look at a partial solar eclipse through filters at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

A Thai boy looks at a partial solar eclipse through a telescope on the ground at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Jan. 26, 2009.(AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

A supporter of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra holds a placard near the Parliament building in Bangkok in late December. Thailand's deeply-divisive former leader has accused the country's new Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, of copying his policies as he launched an attack on his political foe's first month in office. (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

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Thailand's 'Scorpion Queen' Kanchana Kaetkaew, 38, poses with scorpions inside a glass room at the Ripley's Believe It or Not museum in Pattaya, January 24, 2009. Kanchana set a new 33 day record for the longest stay with 5,000 live adult scorpions from December 22, 2008 to January 24, 2009. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)

Anti-government protesters hold signs as they march to the Singapore embassy during a demonstration against the government in Bangkok January 23, 2009. Hundreds of anti-government protesters dressed in red march to embassies of ASEAN countries to submit letters demanding them to not attend the ASEAN Summit in Thailand next month. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Anti-government protesters hold signs during a demonstration against the government in front of the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok January 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

The hi-tech camera being installed to record illegal driving in more than 30 intersections around Bangkok. Wrongdoers are to receive fine order at home. The maximum fine is fixed at no more than 1,000 baht.

The villagers of Santi Suk began creating their own cash here on the sun-bleached plains of northern Thailand following Asia's financial crisis a decade ago.

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A gas station mini mart in Ayutthaya's Bang Ban district was robbed in action-movie style early yesterday morning when a car was used to ram into the store by thieves who then stole Bt5,000 from the cash register. (DAILY XPRESS/Nationmultimedia)

Australian Harry Nicolaides arrives at a court in Bangkok on January 19. He was sentenced to three years in jail by a Thai court after he pleaded guilty to insulting Thailand's revered royal family in a novel, a judge said. (AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

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Australian writer Harry Nicolaides waits inside a detention cell of the Bangkok's Criminal Court January 19, 2009. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang)

Jaruk Viriyakit, 58, an Elvis Presley impersonator, performs onstage during a concert at Bangkok's Chalermkrung theatre January 18, 2009 to mark the late Presley's birthday which was on January 8. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)

A female shopkeeper arranges portraits of Elvis Presley during a concert at Bangkok's Chalermkrung theatre January 18, 2009, held to mark the late Presley's birthday which was on January 8. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)

An undated handout photo from the Thai Royal Navy shows illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar eating their meals after they were escorted by Thai navy to Similan island south of Thailand. India said that hundreds of people were missing at sea, believed to be part of a wave of boat people allegedly dragged out to the middle of the ocean by Thailand and left to die. (AFP/HO/File/AFP)

Indian coastguard rescue illegal Bangladeshi migrants in their trawler off Chidiyatapu Island in the southern Andaman Islands on January 8. India said that hundreds of people were missing at sea, believed to be part of a wave of boat people allegedly dragged out to the middle of the ocean by Thailand and left to die. (AFP/File/Str)

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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks with Thai Muslim women after his arrival in southern Thailand's Pattani province, south of Bangkok January 17, 2009. Vejjajiva vowed on Saturday to end human rights abuses by security forces in the Muslim far south where a rights group said suspected insurgents are routinely tortured. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom (THAILAND)

Thai prisoner Daecha Dastharit warms-up with his trainer during a training session at Bangkok's Thonburi prison. For most inmates crammed into Thailand's notoriously brutal jails, the prospect of fame, fortune and early freedom is an impossible dream. But for the drug dealers, thieves and murderers who took up boxing at Bangkok's Thonburi Prison, that dream could become reality if they have what it takes to be a champion. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

Thai prisoner Komsan Blathanam receives a message from his partner during a training session at Bangkok's Thonburi prison. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

A prison guard watches Thai prisoners box during a training session at Bangkok's Thonburi prison. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

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A Thai artist prepares good luck Chinese characters for use at home Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. The gold letters will be hung in Thai homes as part of Chinese New Year celebrations which are set to being later this month. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A Thai sales clerk watches for customers at a Chinese spirit house shop in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, just days before the start of Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year begins on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, and is always a festive occasion in Bangkok where many ethnic Chinese live. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Election Commission (EC) secretary-general Jarungwit Phumma said the EC on Wednesday unanimously endorsed Democrat party candidate M.R.Sukhumbhand Paribatra as the new Bangkok governor, as the complaints over ballot counting at the 70th polling station in Phya Thai district were aimed at officials only. (http://sukumpanb.hi5.com)

A Thai-Muslim carries an effigy of a child during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Bangkok January 13, 2009 against the U.S. for its support of Israel's attacks on Gaza. Some 300 Thai Muslim protesters took to the streets to condemn the U.S. support of Israel. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND)

German tourist Astrid Al-Assaad-Schachner, who was killed during a "full moon party" over the weekend at a beach on Koh Phangnan Island in southern Thailand is seen here in this undated handout picture January 12, 2009. Thai police said on Monday they had arrested a Thai man for the murder of 46-year-old Munich resident Al-Assaad-Schachner. (REUTERS/Police/Handout).

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East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta (R) shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during a welcoming ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok January 12, 2009. Ramos-Horta is on a three-day official visit to Thailand. (REUTERS/Rungroj Yongrit/Pool)

East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta (R) is accompanied by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to review the guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok January 12, 2009. (REUTERS/Rungroj Yongrit/Pool)

Asian team (front row, from left) Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, Asian Team captian Naomichi Ozaki, Ryo Ishikawa of Japan, Charlie Wi of South Korea and (back row, from left) Toru Taniguchi of Japan, Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand, S.K. Ho of South Korea, Hideto Tanihara of Japan, Liang Wen-chong of China pose for media at the Royal Trophy men's team tournament, Asia against Europe, at the Amata Spring Country Club course in Chonburi province, southeastern Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Asian team beat Europe 10-6. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A Thai soldier secures an area as a Thai Muslim woman passes by after she cast her vote at a polling station in Thailand's restive southern Narathiwat province on January 11, 2009. Thais voted under tight security in by-elections that will be the first test at the polls for new Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose party is hoping to shore up its shaky coalition. (Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

A Thai soldier secures a polling station in Thailand's restive southern Narathiwat province on January 11, 2009. Thais voted under tight security in by-elections that will be the first test at the polls for new Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose party is hoping to shore up its shaky coalition. (Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

A Thai boy holds an automatic rifle as he participates with Thai soldiers for the National Children's day in Thailand's restive southern Narathiwat province on January 10, 2009. The southern region was once an autonomous Malay sultanate until Buddhist Thailand annexed it a century ago, provoking decades of tension. Successive governments have failed to curb the unrest. (Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

Thai Children sit on a tank as they participate with Thai soldiers for the National Children's day in Thailand's restive southern Narathiwat province on January 10, 2009. (Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

Thailand's Minister of Justice Pirapan Salirathavibhaga speaks during an interview at the Ministry of Justice in Bangkok January 9, 2009. Thailand's new justice minister vowed on Friday to toughen controversial laws protecting the monarchy and crack down on unprecedented levels of criticism of the palace stemming from recent political turmoil. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)

A bomb exploded at the Government House on Thursday, when Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was chairing a meeting. Police said they suspected that the small device was placed near the Thai Ku Fah building inside the Government House compound, when the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) occupied the complex in August last year to oust the government led by the dissolved People Power party. (www.manager.co.th)

American photographer Austin Bush spent a year exploring the back streets and main drags of Yaowarat, Bangkok’s Chinatown. His cinematic images depict the realities and oddities of life in one of Bangkok’s oldest neighbourhoods: the tiny alleyways with creepy old men and smoking teapots; the clacking of Chinese chess pieces and choppy conversations in Tae Chew; tired prostitutes and lotus bud-shaped coffins; bespectacled dogs and beggars. Unlike other Chinatowns around the world, which often seem little more than culturally-themed shopping centers, Bangkok’s clings to its roots and continues to be a living, breathing, albeit gritty community. (www.austinbushphotography.com)

European team captain Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain, left, shakes hands with Asian team captain Naomichi Ozaki during an opening of the Royal Trophy Conference Europe versus Asia Golf Championship in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Europe captain Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain (3rd L) shakes hands with Asia captain Joe Ozaki of Japan (3rd R) during a news conference while (L-R) Pablo Larrazabal, Oliver Wilson, Thongchai Jaidee, and Liang Wenchong look on in Bangkok January 6, 2009. The Royal Trophy golf matchplay contest between Europe and Asia will be held from January 9-11 at the Amata Springs Country Club in Chonburi province. (REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa)

Thai-Muslim activists hold placards and chant slogans during a protest outside the building where the Israeli Embassy is located Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. About 200 activists took part in the protest against Israel's military action on Gaza where more than 510 Palestinians were killed and over 2,500 were injured. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Kate Moss has kick-started baby rumors after a sighting on Surin Beach in Thailand. The supermodel was snapped up rubbing what’s being called a baby belly during an afternoon in which she relaxed shoreside with boyfriend Jamie Hince, daughter Lila Grace, and a few friends. As for the baby-on-the-way rumors, Kate previously told friends and family at Jamie’s 40th birthday party in December that the pregnancy rumors were false. (celebrity-gossip.net)

Thai villagers walk on a flooded bridge following heavy rains in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on January 4, 2009. (Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

Traffic clogs a street in central Bangkok. At least 278 Thais have died in road accidents during the New Year holiday, with drink driving causing more than 41 percent of the crashes, the interior ministry has said. (AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

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Thai police officers inspect the site of a car bomb blast in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on January 2, 2009. Police said 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of explosives were packed in a car parked by a train station and detonated by mobile phone, but the police escaped death as they were travelling in an armoured vehicle. Two bombs planted by suspected separatist insurgents have killed one person and injured nine others in the Muslim-majority south of Thailand, police said as Thailand's troubled south marks the five-year anniversary of the start of the insurgency on January 4. More than 3,500 people have been killed since separatist unrest erupted in January 2004. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

Injured members of a Thai bomb squad rest on hospital beds following a car bomb blast in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on January 2, 2009. (Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images)

BangkokFire and Rescue officials remove the dead from the scene of a night club fire Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. At least 60 people were killed in the New Year's Eve blaze. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai policemen and rescuers stand by the bodies of victims of a fire that ripped through a nightclub in Bangkok. At least 60 people were killed when a fire ripped through a popular nightclub in the Thai capital Bangkok early Thursday as people were celebrating New Year, a local police commander said. (AFP/Pairoj)

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