By The Nation
Curfew in Bangkok may not be extended when it expires on Saturday, acting police chief Pol Gen Pateep Tanprasert said Friday.
Citing that police are able to control the situation in Bangkok and suburbs , Pateep said the current curfew, imposed from midnight to 4am, may not be necessary after Saturday.
Gen Pateep said he had ordered City Police Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Santhan Chayanont to evaluate the overall situation in the capital.
His report will be forwarded to Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, responsible for domestic security affairs and director of the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation, to decide.
If the curfew is extended, it would affect many people who work at night. Currently, Bangkok and 23 other provinces are under the curfew.
He is not worried about the curfew being lifted, saying the state of emergency is still in place, so the curfew could be re-introduced if anti-government protesters continued their underground movements
Meanwhile, security at Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's home in Sukhumvit remained tight Friday. Armed soldiers and police remain posted around his house while concrete barriers have been installed at front of his residence.
Abhisit is expected go to Government House later Friday to attend a meeting to prepare a meeting with foreign envoys and foreign journalists on Saturday regarding the government's operations against anti-government protesters.
Source: The Nation
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