The Thai government has invoked the internal security act (ISA) to dealwith planned anti-government protests in central Bangkok after a seriesof violent rallies rocked the capital city in recent years.
A government official said that the cabinet has decided to issue theISA for ten days in three inner districts of the capital.
Thesecurity law enables the government to prevent the use of certain routesor vehicles, impose a curfew, ban gatherings and carry out searches ofbuildings, according to the official.
The decision was made inthe context that the Thai People's Army, a newly-formed coalition ofultra-royalist groups who oppose the Puea Thai ruling party and exiledformer Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has vowed to protest inBangkok on August 4, possibly for several days.
It is targeting agovernment-backed bill, due to be introduced in parliament on August 7which would propose an amnesty for those involved in several bouts ofpolitical violence that have rocked the nation since a 2006 coup toppledThaksin.
The government estimated that there will be a largenumber of protesters from the camps both 'for' and 'against' the bill,so to prevent them from confrontation it has to invoke the specialsecurity law, Paradorn Pattanatabut, secretary-general of the NationalSecurity Council, said.
Two months of mass opposition protests in2010 by "Red Shirt" supporters of Thaksin sparked a wave of violencethat left about 90 people dead and nearly 1,900 wounded.-VNA
A government official said that the cabinet has decided to issue theISA for ten days in three inner districts of the capital.
Thesecurity law enables the government to prevent the use of certain routesor vehicles, impose a curfew, ban gatherings and carry out searches ofbuildings, according to the official.
The decision was made inthe context that the Thai People's Army, a newly-formed coalition ofultra-royalist groups who oppose the Puea Thai ruling party and exiledformer Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has vowed to protest inBangkok on August 4, possibly for several days.
It is targeting agovernment-backed bill, due to be introduced in parliament on August 7which would propose an amnesty for those involved in several bouts ofpolitical violence that have rocked the nation since a 2006 coup toppledThaksin.
The government estimated that there will be a largenumber of protesters from the camps both 'for' and 'against' the bill,so to prevent them from confrontation it has to invoke the specialsecurity law, Paradorn Pattanatabut, secretary-general of the NationalSecurity Council, said.
Two months of mass opposition protests in2010 by "Red Shirt" supporters of Thaksin sparked a wave of violencethat left about 90 people dead and nearly 1,900 wounded.-VNA
