ACTIVISTS summoned in relation to the Rajabhakti Park scandal are trying postpone their meeting with police. Apolice warrant demands that they report themselves today. The activists, however, met yesterday with a lawyer from the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus, to formulate a petition to postpone their summons until Jan 9. The suspects were intercepted on December 7 while on a train to Prachuap Khiri Khan province, where they planned to hold a rally at Rajabhakti Park. Sirawith seritiwat said yesterday he and the 10 other activists summoned had met the lawyer to seek a postponement. He said he could not go on the day specified in the warrant because he had another engagement. "I have to sit an exam," be said. Sirawith also contacted authorities to inform them that the lawyer would visit the Thon Buri railway police station to discuss the summons. Police had already told him that a postponement was possible if he could provide evidence ofa prior engagement, he said. "The other activists and 1 will not follow the summoning order as it specified tomorrow [today], and we will discuss further plans after New Year," he said. Chanoknan Ruamsap, another the activists, confirmed that the human-rights lawyer would go to Thon Buri station as their representative. Chanokan also said the group would postpone meeting police until the afternoon of Jan 9.