A new battlefront is emerging after the government signalled it would drop the draft police reform proposals with time running out before the election and the government hoping to deliver on the reform promise.

The committee on a new police reform bill has suggested downsizing police agencies by transferring "non-police missions" to local administrative bodies.

A leaked audio clip indicating the prime minister was not happy with the 14 telecom regulator candidates, which led to the selection being scrapped by the National Legislative Assembly, was doctored, says a whip.

The latest meeting between a government panel and civic groups over the controversial court housing project at the foot of Doi Suthep failed to reach a comprehensive final agreement yesterday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has dismissed speculation that he influenced lawmakers to overturn a list of 14 candidates put forward as prospective board members of the telecom regulator.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has pledged to speed up probes into irregularities in bungled police station construction projects which allegedly involved Suthep Thaugsuban, the former leader of the now-defunct People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) which led a mass street protest against the Yingluck Shinawatra administration.