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Thai deputy PM: Security officials at Government House must work harder
PHUKET, Aug 1 (TNA) -- Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Sunday that security officials manning Government House in Bangkok must work harder after three M79 grenades were found in a sewage ditch inside Thailand's seat of government.
Mr Suthep, who oversees security affairs, told journalists that there was still no need to increase the number of security personnel at Government House but they must work more diligently. The security system there is fine, he said, but there are still ill-intentioned groups of people wanting to create chaos in the country.
He said three M79 grenades found Saturday by municipal workers cleaning the drainage system near entrance seven were probably fired at the seat of government during a demonstration by anti-government protesters.
“I believe there are still some groups of people trying to create chaos in the country in several ways by inciting people, twisting facts and doing sabotage,” said Mr Suthep.
The latest two bombing incidents in Bangkok which occurred Sunday and Friday were in public places and targeted the lives of innocent people, he said. The government must lay out preventive measures and strengthen its intelligence.
Mr Suthep said it is unnecessary for the government to impose the decree in provinces where it was revoked earlier.
Currently, the government has effected the emergency decree in 10 provinces, including Bangkok, following an anti-government protest which ended in response to the military operation to retake the protest site in Ratchaprasong on May 19. (MCOT online news)
Mr Suthep, who oversees security affairs, told journalists that there was still no need to increase the number of security personnel at Government House but they must work more diligently. The security system there is fine, he said, but there are still ill-intentioned groups of people wanting to create chaos in the country.
He said three M79 grenades found Saturday by municipal workers cleaning the drainage system near entrance seven were probably fired at the seat of government during a demonstration by anti-government protesters.
“I believe there are still some groups of people trying to create chaos in the country in several ways by inciting people, twisting facts and doing sabotage,” said Mr Suthep.
The latest two bombing incidents in Bangkok which occurred Sunday and Friday were in public places and targeted the lives of innocent people, he said. The government must lay out preventive measures and strengthen its intelligence.
Mr Suthep said it is unnecessary for the government to impose the decree in provinces where it was revoked earlier.
Currently, the government has effected the emergency decree in 10 provinces, including Bangkok, following an anti-government protest which ended in response to the military operation to retake the protest site in Ratchaprasong on May 19. (MCOT online news)
