Thai authorities deploy police to retake Bangkok protest sites this week

BANGKOK, Feb 16 – Thailand’s police have been instructed to reclaim the five major capital protest sites occupied by protesters of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) and its allies this week.

Caretaker Labour Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, as director of the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO),said Sunday on live television that he had ordered the police to deploy in an operation to reclaim the major areas occupied by anti-government protesters.

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