Police want soldiers backing them at rally

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Police want soldiers backing them at rally

Published: 19 Nov 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The national police chief is proposing the government use the Internal Security Act (ISA) to contain the anti-government protest planned by the Pitak Siam group in Bangkok on Saturday.

Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew said he would propose to the National Security Council (NSC) Monday that it implement the security act to cope with the rally.

Use of the act, if approved, would empower the prime minister to order soldiers to bring the rally under control to maintain security.

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supermax
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Discussion 17 : 19 Nov 2012 at 11.1017
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"The government also tried to quell the rally by announcing the deployment of 50,000 police"
During the Red/UDD springs (2009 & 2010) Police + Army never reach the amount of 50.000...
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Discussion 16 : 19 Nov 2012 at 11.0716
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rebel4ever, discussion 7, there has been NO rise of the Euro against the Baht since the announcement of the demonstration.
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Discussion 15 : 19 Nov 2012 at 11.0615
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Why does the police chief needs soldiers? Are they that useless on their own? Maybe they finally realize why soldier was needed during UDD's disruptive protests. Nonetheless protests like this needs to stop.
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Discussion 14 : 19 Nov 2012 at 10.3614
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Is it sheer incompetence or is he just following orders from Dubai????
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Discussion 13 : 19 Nov 2012 at 09.5113
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The government has not collected all the corruption money they intend to collect during their time in office. Any attempt by Pitak Siam to expose the massive amount of corruption taking place and stop the illegal money train is not going to go over well. Thai people need to wise up to the fact that corruption is never FREE. The taxpayer is paying for it which means Thai people pay for it. Thai politicians on the world stage are unusually wealthy and when they break the law, the have enough money to run away from the law in Thailand and live the rest of their lives in another country. The Thai people left to suffer in poverty.
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Discussion 12 : 19 Nov 2012 at 09.3112
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Using the army instead of the police would mean 50,000 revenue collecting agents not tied up for several hours.
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Discussion 11 : 19 Nov 2012 at 09.1911
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The Royal Thai Police have one of the largest numbers of officers per capita on the globe, and they are barely involved in any other real law enforcement work, neither in BKK, nor elsewhere. So if they truly believe that they will not be able to handle this upcoming demonstration, as this claim, which is a plausible given past failures, dissolve the entire force and build a new. Save hundreds of billions of baht annually on lost productivity, while increasing security. It's time to call the shots. Other countries have done it (Iraq!) and it's certainly better than allowing the continuation of the present situation.
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Discussion 10 : 19 Nov 2012 at 08.5610
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seriously, this rally/mob surely can't be considered more threatening than the one a few months ago that closed rajprasong in the middle of Bangkok can it?
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Discussion 9 : 19 Nov 2012 at 08.489
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Boy o boy, Pitak Siam must really have the PTP/UDD/Red Shirts scared. I wonder why?
Thailand's reputation is in no danger of being harmed. PTP/UDD/Red Shirts have already achieved that goal.
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Discussion 8 : 19 Nov 2012 at 08.038
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Everyone agrees we should keep soldiers out of situation like this - they are not trained for the role. The proper organisation to handle this is the police force - as it would be in almost every other country, where the police are able to deploy a multi level response tailored to meet escalating levels of disorder or violence by the protesters. Yet again we see the police not stepping up to do their job. Whether this is due to incompetence, lack of resources, training or organisation or simple lack of will is unclear
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