At 13:00 hrs. Mr.Tharit Pengdit, Director General, Department of Special Investigation, briefed the press on the outcome of the meeting of the Center For Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) earlier in the day, gist as follows:

1. The CMPO regretted that the talks between the CMPO's negotiating team, led by Major General Surachart Chitjaeng, and Luang Pu Buddha Issara to clear the way at Chaeng Watthana Road were unsuccessful. Luang Pu Buddha Issara refused the CMPO's offers of compromise while setting many impractical conditions such as for General Nipat Thonglek, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, to spend 3 days and nights at the protest site, or the Director of the CMPO to guarantee that the protesters at the site would not be come to harm, which the CMPO could not promise under the restrictions imposed by the Civil Court's ruling. The CMPO will seek other solutions to clear the way at Chaeng Watthana Road.

2. The CMPO had managed to reopen 66 government offices. However, since the Civil Court's ruling, members of the PDRC have blockaded government offices once again. The People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) has trespassed on and besieged more government agencies such as the Department of Corrections, Government Lottery Office, and Rice Department, as well as Shinawatra Buildings 1 and 2. The CMPO has advised the Permanent Secretaries and heads of all government agencies to take legal action, both criminal and civil, within 24 hours against members of the PDRC who have blockaded their offices.

3. Following the Civil Court's ruling that the demonstrations by the PDRC at the PTT Public Company Limited and the Ministry of Energy were unlawful, the Court  has also ordered the protesters to clear the way at the venue and also to move all equipment and material from the site. The CMPO encouraged other agencies blockaded by the PDRC to file court petitions as soon as possible. Recently, the CMPO has received a report from the DSI that the PDRC's blockade of its premises has severely affected the process of investigation and prosecution under the DSI's responsibility. The DSI will file a request to the Office of the Attorney-General to take legal action against Luang Pu Buddha Issara who has led the protesters in blockading the DSI and other agencies in the area.