Thai Government confident April 5 political rallies under control

BANGKOK, April 1 – Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said today that the Internal Security Act (ISA) is sufficient for the authorities to control the situation on April 5 when both anti- and pro-government groups will set their mass rallies in motion.

Mr Surapong, as chief advisor to the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO), said the security law is enough to supervise and prevent any confrontation between the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) and the pro-government red shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).

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