Nurul Izzah, eldest daughter of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, met Thailand Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan and his wife in Bangkok today.

She however, refused to elaborate on the one-hour meeting that took place earlier this morning.

"It was a close and personal meeting. I feel very encouraged by it but I do not want to elaborate further," she said when contacted in Bangkok.

Surin, a Muslim from southern Thailand, is known to be close to Anwar.

Nurul told malaysiakini that she also paid a courtesy call to another prominent Thai Muslim, National Assembly president Wan Muhamad Noor Matha.

"His Excellency conveyed his personal concerns on my father's situation and his strong believe that injustice has been done to my father. He also said that as a Muslim, I should be patient," said Nurul.

"He was very fatherly. He sent 'salams' to both my mum and dad, adding that we should all be strong in this turbulent and hard times," she said of the meeting which was also attended by a number of parliamentary officials.

Nurul added that Wan Muhamad informed her that he had been following the developments in Malaysia very closely.

"He said he had met my father before and advised me to raise the issue at the International Parliamentary Union to be held in Jakarta this year," she said.

Nurul also addressed the House of Representative's Committee on Justice and Human Rights where she received a warm applause from its committee members which included prominent Thai human rights lawyer Senator Thong Bai Tongpao.

"I was really surprised. They invited me to speak for five minutes on the situation in Malaysia," Nurul said.

Nurul is on a two-day visit to Bangkok following a controversial trip to Indonesia last week where the head of the People's Consultative Assembly Amien Rais chided the Malaysian government for its treatment of Anwar.

The 19-year-old daughter of KeADILan leader Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is accompanied by Hakam secretary-general Elizabeth Wong and they are both scheduled to return to Kuala Lumpur tonight.

Both Nurul and Wong spoke to a packed hall at the Foreign Correspondence Club of Thailand last night. They also met with a few Thai NGOs and regional human rights organisations yesterday.

Asked how she felt about this visit, Nurul replied, "I definitely did not expect it to be this far-reaching. The Thais received us with so much of warmth and graciousness. It simply gives me hope that they are with us in spirit especially regarding the human rights situation in Malaysia."