 Some critics in the newspaper claimed that the source was pressured by the government not to confirm the details of the story.Also in August 2005, Rungruang Preechakul, editor of "Siam Rath Weekly News" Magazine, quit after covering alleged government mishandling of the bird flu crisis.On 10 March 2006 the then-governor of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Mr. Pongpayome Wasaputi, during a regular scheduled press conference with the local media, asked Frank G. Anderson, founder of the "Korat Post" newspaper, to "kindly refrain from carrying any more headlines regarding events at Watpa Salawan, because it is like irritating an old sore."