Cabinet extends emergency rule in 19 provinces including Bangkok

BANGKOK, July 6 - The Cabinet extended the State of Emergency in 19 provinces including the capital for another three months while revoking the law in five other provinces.

The five provinces where the decree is lifted are Si Sa Ket, Nan, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Pathom and Kalasin, said Minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office Ongart Klampaiboon.

He said if any violence erupts, the internal security act will be put in place to handle it.

The government invoked the state of emergency in Bangkok and some 23 Red-active provinces in the North and Northeast due to rising political
disorder April.

The law bans public gatherings of more than five people and givies security forces the right to detain suspects for 30 days without charges being filed.

The Centre for the Resolution ofor the Emergency Situation (CRES) earlier said the emergency decree will be lifted immediately if the agency's situation assessment confirms the country is now safe, as the centre has no intention to prolong the enforcement of the special law.

The emergency decree remains in place as the government said that the overall situation remains unreliable. (Mcot online news)