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CRES asking Cabinet Tuesday for 7 more nights of curfew
BANGKOK, May 24 (TNA) - Thailand's Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) on Monday said it will propose to Tuesday's Cabinet meeting to extend the curfew for seven more nights in the capital and 23 other provinces saying that intelligence reports confirm there's still an attempt to cause chaos in the banned areas.
Spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the agency meeting which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban in his capacity as CRES director, Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, three armed forces chiefs, the acting national police chief and the director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), agreed to maintain curfew in Bangkok and 23 provinces in North and Northeast until May 31.
Col Sansern said intelligence reports and evidence showed there are still attempts to cause chaos, adding that the curfew timeline however will be reduced to allow the public complete their daily life more normally.
The curfew to be imposed from Tuesday night through next Monday night if approved by the Tuesday Cabinet meeting will ban people in the given areas from leaving their homes between midnight and 4am.
"Although it's just four hours, but concerned officials say it will be useful for them to carry out their work and control the situation," said the CRES spokesman. "At the same time we don't want the curfew to affect people too much and hope that with the new timeline the public will complete their daily routines."
Col Sansern reiterated that the aim of imposing a curfew is to separate the agitators from the general public and that the CRES will propose the curfew extension to the Cabinet on Tuesday.
CRES earlier imposed curfew in Bangkok and 23 provinces May 19 between 8pm and 6 am after key places in the areas were set afire, combined with grenade attacks by disgruntled Red Shirt protesters following the surrender of their leaders and the end of their six weeks protest at Ratchaprasong.
Curfew was extended through Monday night with a more relaxed timeline as situation is under control. Most schools and businesses in Bangkok also reopened Monday, except those located in and near the protest-hit areas. (TNA)
Spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the agency meeting which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban in his capacity as CRES director, Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, three armed forces chiefs, the acting national police chief and the director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), agreed to maintain curfew in Bangkok and 23 provinces in North and Northeast until May 31.
Col Sansern said intelligence reports and evidence showed there are still attempts to cause chaos, adding that the curfew timeline however will be reduced to allow the public complete their daily life more normally.
The curfew to be imposed from Tuesday night through next Monday night if approved by the Tuesday Cabinet meeting will ban people in the given areas from leaving their homes between midnight and 4am.
"Although it's just four hours, but concerned officials say it will be useful for them to carry out their work and control the situation," said the CRES spokesman. "At the same time we don't want the curfew to affect people too much and hope that with the new timeline the public will complete their daily routines."
Col Sansern reiterated that the aim of imposing a curfew is to separate the agitators from the general public and that the CRES will propose the curfew extension to the Cabinet on Tuesday.
CRES earlier imposed curfew in Bangkok and 23 provinces May 19 between 8pm and 6 am after key places in the areas were set afire, combined with grenade attacks by disgruntled Red Shirt protesters following the surrender of their leaders and the end of their six weeks protest at Ratchaprasong.
Curfew was extended through Monday night with a more relaxed timeline as situation is under control. Most schools and businesses in Bangkok also reopened Monday, except those located in and near the protest-hit areas. (TNA)
