THEY SAID IT

‘‘THE SITUATION IS NOW BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE PUBLIC DISASTER PREVENTION LAW.’’ Pol Maj Gen Thawat Boonfueng, PM’s office, urges emergency laws for the rubber protests. ‘‘THE 90-BAHT DEAL IS FINAL, AND 120 BAHT IS TOO HIGH.’’ Varathep Rattanakorn, deputy agriculture minister, on why the government will no longer bargain over rubber subsidies. ‘‘PAST GOVERNMENTS THOUGHT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO BUILD MORE ROADS.’’ Prapas Chongsanguan, State Railway of Thailand governor, on the poor condition of tracks. ‘‘IMAGES AND VOICES OF PEOPLE WILL BE RECORDED.’’ Chadchart Sittipunt, transport minister, on how CCTV inside taxis could be important to authorities. ‘‘THE DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ARE LOOKING FOR AT LEAST 10,000 SIGNATURES.’’ Pol Col Narat Sawettanant, Rights and Liberties Protection Department, on promoting a law for same-sex marriage. ‘‘NOW WE WILL TREAT JAA AS A CONTRACT VIOLATOR.’’ Prachya Pinkaew, movie director for Sahamongkol Film, on the Hollywood dispute with Panom ‘Tony Jaa’ Yeerum. ‘‘IT WILL BE A DRIVER OF THE THAI ECONOMY.’’ PM Yingluck Shinawatra on the proposed bill to spend two trillion baht on infrastructure. ‘‘THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SET THIS UP, THE SALE IS REAL.’’ Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan, commerce minister, insists he is truthful about sale of 1.2 million tonnes of rice to China. ‘‘CHIN PENG WILL BE REMEMBERED IN MALAYSIA AS A TERRORIST LEADER OF A GROUP THAT WAGED WAR AGAINST THE NATION.’’ Malaysian PM Najib Razak on the death of the former Communist Party of Malaya leader.