BANGKOK, April 3 – Military, police and civil personnel will be on full alert Saturday to prevent any confrontation between the two rival political groups which are separately organising rallies in Bangkok. Sirima Sunawin, a spokesperson of the Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO), said Deputy National Police Chief Pol Gen Worapong […]
CHIANG MAI, April 2 – Chiang Mai province steps up security measures to prevent drug smuggling during the upcoming Songkran festival as two drug traffickers were killed during a clash with local police. Chiang Mai deputy governor Chana Paengpiboon said security will be tightened along the border, because drug trafficking rings could benefit from the […]
YALA, 9 February 2014 (NNT) – Following a spate of attacks in downtown Yala that killed a dozen of both residents and officers, authorities have beefed up security in the area. Army, police and local defense volunteers have been deployed to man roadblocks which have recently been set up on the roads leading to Yala’s […]
BANGKOK, Jan 21 – Police were deployed today at a major rally site of the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) to ensure protesters’ safety following recent bombing attacks against them resulting in a number of injuries. PDRC key leader Thaworn Senneam, held a news conference with Senior Pol Col Chusak Techarakpong, deputy commander of […]
BANGKOK, 19 January 2014 (NNT) – The government has assessed that the anti-government mass rallies are likely to escalate next week. Security measures will be heightened with a focus on intelligence gathering to prevent violent incidents. Secretary-General of the National Security Council (NSC) Lt.Gen. Paradorn Pattanatabut said the government would closely monitor the mass rallies, […]
SONGKHLA, Jan 4 – Police in the southern province of Songkhla have heightened security measures today as it is the tenth anniversary of a military weapons heist at an army camp in nearby Narathiwat province. Police have strictly inspected cars and motorcycles at Ban Kuan Mued permanent checkpoint in Chana district and Ban To Nond […]
BANGKOK, Dec 25 – The Thai Cabinet today extended enforcement of the Internal Security Act (ISA) for two more months to maintain law and order in Bangkok and its adjacent provinces as anti-government protesters pledged to intensify their campaign to oust the caretaker government. Members of the caretaker cabinet convened today at Royal Thai Air […]
Army headquarters steps up security measures with barbed wire; aerial platform, fire trucks prepared after protesters threaten seizure of army, armed forces HQs. News source: MCOT
