Guest wowpow Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Emergency rule may be declared in Bangkok Bangkok Post. com The government is considering a request by the chief of the military junta to extend to Bangkok the emergency decree created to give security forces sweeping power in the South. If the law is extended to Bangkok, authorities will have powers to tap phones, search and arrest without warrant and censor news, among other actions.??CNS chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin said on Wednesday that he had briefed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on the situation where several groups including ex-Thai Rak Thai MPs plan to stage an anti-government protest at Sanam Luang and that it depends on Gen Surayud to decide whether to impose the decree in Bangkok.??Gen Surayud will have to decide in two days as the protestors will hold a rally on Friday.??"I have proposed to the prime minister that he invoke emergency rule in order to maintain law and order," Sonthi told the AFP news agency in a telephone interview. ??"I have consulted with the prime minister on the current situation and have explained to him that this current situation would lead to mutiny and chaos in the country.??"It's up to the prime minister" to decide on whether to declare emergency rule in the capital."??Anti-coup protesters have been holding weekly rallies against the military government, attracting a small but growing crowd that reached 2,000 people last Friday. ??The protests have so far been peaceful, but Sonthi said he was afraid the protest movement could gather steam, much like the mass street demonstrations last year that eventually led to the coup against then-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. ? Full story http://www.bangkokpost.net/topstories/tops...s.php?id=117720 Sonthi to deploy soldiers, to keep security at Sanam Luang on Friday Junta leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin said Wednesday that soldiers and police would be deployed to keep law and order at Sanam Luang on Friday when former Thai Rak Thai Party MPs would hold an anti-government rally. The rally is planned by founders of satellite TV station, PTV, in protest against the government's refusal to allow it to go on air. Sonthhi, the chairman of the Council for National Security and the army chief, said protesters will from now on be required to organize their movements and clearly inform the authorities who are leaders of the protests. The Nation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenrfc Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Is there ANYONE who still thinks this Coup was a good idea???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
