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Suthep will ask PM Abhisit to set up security monitoring panel
BANGKOK, Feb 15 (TNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said he would propose to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to order setting up a panel to more closely monitor the security situation, evaluate the situation and considering invoking the security law to control the situation.
Mr Suthep told reporters after chairing a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) that he would ask the prime minister about the matter on Tuesday.
The committee would be chaired by Mr Suthep and would be authorised to call a meeting of security concerned agencies and ask for reports related to security from the agencies.
The committee would also be authorised to consider using the security law, if needed, he said.
Mr Suthep on Monday afternoon convened a meeting of security agencies following an explosion near Government House and a bomb discovery at the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions over the weekend.
No one was injured in either incident.
He said the meeting expressed concern regarding the political situation and did not want the kingdom's image damaged by violent protests.
The government agencies were instructed to step up strict security measures, he said, adding that the meeting resolved to bar security personnel from carrying arms when on duty during the protest of the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the Red Shirts group.
They would be allowed to use only crowd control gear, he said.
As for the enforcement of security measures in Bangkok, police would be the major force and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont has been assigned to be responsible for setting up check-points and patrol units, said Mr Suthep.
Military personnel and civil volunteers would assist the police because they may have not have sufficient numbers to maintain law and order, he said.
As for the provinces, the Army area commanders and governors would together plan security measures, he said, adding that important figures would be given protection.
Security is also heightened before the court ruling on the case of Bt76 billion (US$2.3 billion) in frozen assets of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra scheduled for February 26.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Maj-Gen. Dittaporn Sasasmit and Army spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd told media after the two-hour NSC meeting that the combined police and military security will be in effect from 7am Tuesday, operating check-points and patrol units in the Bangkok area.
Gen Dittaporn said the operation was aimed to make the public feel secure and said that he expected to receive good cooperation from the public.
He added that the committee to be set up to monitor security situation will coordinate agencies work smoothly and respond to the situation in a timely manner.
Col Sansern said that the committee would also work in term of information gathering, to get the security concerned agencies worked in unity.
The security operations that started on Monday evening will include protecting important figures including Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda who was a target of the Red Shirts protesters. (TNA)
Mr Suthep told reporters after chairing a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) that he would ask the prime minister about the matter on Tuesday.
The committee would be chaired by Mr Suthep and would be authorised to call a meeting of security concerned agencies and ask for reports related to security from the agencies.
The committee would also be authorised to consider using the security law, if needed, he said.
Mr Suthep on Monday afternoon convened a meeting of security agencies following an explosion near Government House and a bomb discovery at the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions over the weekend.
No one was injured in either incident.
He said the meeting expressed concern regarding the political situation and did not want the kingdom's image damaged by violent protests.
The government agencies were instructed to step up strict security measures, he said, adding that the meeting resolved to bar security personnel from carrying arms when on duty during the protest of the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the Red Shirts group.
They would be allowed to use only crowd control gear, he said.
As for the enforcement of security measures in Bangkok, police would be the major force and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont has been assigned to be responsible for setting up check-points and patrol units, said Mr Suthep.
Military personnel and civil volunteers would assist the police because they may have not have sufficient numbers to maintain law and order, he said.
As for the provinces, the Army area commanders and governors would together plan security measures, he said, adding that important figures would be given protection.
Security is also heightened before the court ruling on the case of Bt76 billion (US$2.3 billion) in frozen assets of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra scheduled for February 26.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Maj-Gen. Dittaporn Sasasmit and Army spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd told media after the two-hour NSC meeting that the combined police and military security will be in effect from 7am Tuesday, operating check-points and patrol units in the Bangkok area.
Gen Dittaporn said the operation was aimed to make the public feel secure and said that he expected to receive good cooperation from the public.
He added that the committee to be set up to monitor security situation will coordinate agencies work smoothly and respond to the situation in a timely manner.
Col Sansern said that the committee would also work in term of information gathering, to get the security concerned agencies worked in unity.
The security operations that started on Monday evening will include protecting important figures including Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda who was a target of the Red Shirts protesters. (TNA)
