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Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, known as Seh Daeng, said he was not involved in the attempted murder of People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader Sondhi Limthongkul in Bangkok on Friday morning.

He said there was no reason why he would do it.

He  said he had earlier warned PAD core leaders to be careful because they have enemies.

Maj-Gen Khattiya then said outlawed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra also would not have been behind the attempted killing because he was no longer fighting with the PAD.

 Maj-Gen Khattiya has previously admitted that he trained a group of red-shirts to fight the PAD guards during last year's confrontations.

Gunmen riddled Mr Sondhi's car with bullets about 5am on Friday as he was nearing the  buildnig  housing his satellite  TV station ASTV. Mr Sondhi received minor head injures.

His bodyguard was also hit and his driver critically wounded.