Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday left the door open for night curfews in hot spots in the restless deep South as part of a review of security operations. “The decision on a curfew will hinge on the evaluation of specific conditions in a given area,” she said. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 6 February 2013 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Police Captain Chalerm Yubamrung has revealed that it will be decided on February 15 whether a curfew will be enforced in the restive South as it is expected to be effective in reducing insurgent attacks on civilians. Police Captain Chalerm affirmed that after the meeting of […]
Academics and religious leaders are opposed to the possible imposition of a curfew in the deep South in the wake of recent bomb attacks, saying that such drastic action would draw international sanctions on the counterinsurgency operations while also affecting the daily lives of local residents. Meanwhile, security authorities are looking for eight vehicles reported […]
BANGKOK, 2 August 2012 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa has disclosed that the government is considering imposing curfew in certain parts of the southern border provinces. According to General Yutthasak, it remains unnecessary to impose a general curfew in the South, but security agencies are mulling the prospect of issuing a partial curfew […]
With the festival of love nearly upon us, Thai police are asking for parental cooperation in not letting those under the age of 18 wander outside after 10pm on Valentine’s Day. Royal Thai Police spokesman Maj-General Piya Uthayo yesterday said the national police chief was worried about youths acting inappropriately, taking drugs or engaging in […]
The Bangkok Metropolitan Police will issue a directive to prohibit children under 18 years old from leaving home after 10 pm without justified reasons, the bureau spokesman said Thursday. Metropolitan Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Piya Uthayo said the ban was aimed preventing youths from hanging out at night and committing crime or becoming crime […]
Thailand’s prime minister said previously proposed November elections are not feasible “in the current environment”, 10 days after the Thai army quashed an anti-government protest in Bangkok. However, in his weekly television address yesterday, Abhisit Vejjajiva said he believed the situation in Thailand was “getting back to normal”. Thai authorities have lifted a night-time curfew […]
Thai PM lifts curfew in Bangkok, 23 provinces BANGKOK — Thailand’s prime minister lifted a nighttime curfew in Bangkok and other areas on Saturday, saying that order has been restored 10 days after violence killed more than a dozen people and left parts of the capital in flames, an aide said. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva […]
