Thai Army soldiers enlisted to assist police defending sites from protesters

More than 21,000 police will guard key state offices including Government House today, when anti-government protesters plan to take control of 10 targeted locations, as part of their “fight to uproot the Thaksin regime”.

The government’s Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) and the Metropolitan Police will deploy 21,550 policemen in and around government offices in Bangkok, including Government House and Parliament, a police source said.

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