Thai Gov’t has no plan to use army
The Thai Prime
Minister's Secretary-General Suranand Vejjajiva has told the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that the Thai government has no plan to
deploy army in controlling the protesters.
Despite
the rising tension of the anti-government demonstrations, the
secretary-general said that the government will not get the army
involved in the matter, while assuring that police are capable of
handling the situation as the protesters are peaceful and do not resort
to violence.
The protesters merely wanted to
surround government agencies in a bid to cause disruption and overthrow
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, according to Suranand.
The protesters have accused PM Yingluck’s government of being
manipulated by her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, he
said.-VNA