BANGKOK 11 February 2014 (NNT) — National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Lieutenant Paradon Patanatabutr has assured that he will arrest Suthep Thaugsuban whenever opportunity arises.

According to Lt. Gen. Paradon, he has been keeping Mr. Suthep Thaugsuban under surveillance as well as mulling over the plan to arrest him. Mr. Suthep is an MP-turned core leader of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee’s (PDRC). Moreover, officials need to be vigilant not to allow the current protesting farmers to join forces with the PDRC demonstrators, as the two groups have very different objectives.

As for the emergency decree, the government has made no decision to revoke it at the moment, but will do so once the situation returns to normal, Lt. Gen. Paradon said.

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