BANGKOK, Sept. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A Thai government spokesman said that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had ordered the blacklisting of foreign activists who intend to oppose neighboring countries from Thai soil, the Bangkok Post reported Thursday.

　　Sita Divari said that Thaksin had order the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Immigration Police Bureau and National Security Council to monitor the activities of certain foreign individuals and organizations.

　　These persons or groups would be blacklisted and denied entry visa if they were found to be using Thai soil to opposite the governments of neighboring countries, the spokesman said, noting the instruction of Thaksin was for agencies to specially watch forresistance against Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

　　He quoted Thaksin as saying that Thailand had to make this stance clear to maintain good relations with its neighbors.

　　Sita also said the move was not a human rights violation and that similar restrictions had been applied in other countries including the United States and Japan.

　　The NGOs and political exiles would not be targeted, he added. Enditem