Thailand's prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has upset neighbouring Malaysia with claims at the weekend that separatist Muslim militants fighting for an independent state in southern Thailand were being trained in jungle camps in Malaysia.
The accusation, made in Mr Thaksin's weekly national radio address, was angrily denied by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Malaysian premier, who said he was "shocked" that Thailand would make such serious charges about a friendly neighbour in public, rather than though diplomatic channels.
