Thai state of emergency
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July 7, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Thai government yesterday unexpectedly extended a state of emergency in Bangkok and 18 provinces in the wake of bloody, anti-government demonstrations that pushed the country close to chaos. The special law was lifted in five provinces.
The Cabinet agreed that there remained "situations that require close monitoring and surveillance" in Bangkok and the 18 provinces - mostly in the northeast. The area is home to many of the demonstrators who occupied parts of Bangkok for weeks, Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Ongart Klampaiboon said. The measure was extended for three months.
Though sporadic violence has continued in the country since the end of the demonstrations, expectations rose that the decrees would be lifted in large swaths of the country after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday that such a move was likely.
Yesterday, he said the "Cabinet has examined province by province and identified five provinces where the state of emergency would be lifted."
A state of emergency was first declared in Bangkok and in some nearby provinces on April 7 and later extended to other provinces.
Nearly 90 people - mostly protesters - were killed and more than 1,400 were injured during nine weeks of massive demonstrations.
The Cabinet agreed that there remained "situations that require close monitoring and surveillance" in Bangkok and the 18 provinces - mostly in the northeast. The area is home to many of the demonstrators who occupied parts of Bangkok for weeks, Minister to the Prime Minister's Office Ongart Klampaiboon said. The measure was extended for three months.
Though sporadic violence has continued in the country since the end of the demonstrations, expectations rose that the decrees would be lifted in large swaths of the country after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Sunday that such a move was likely.
Yesterday, he said the "Cabinet has examined province by province and identified five provinces where the state of emergency would be lifted."
A state of emergency was first declared in Bangkok and in some nearby provinces on April 7 and later extended to other provinces.
Nearly 90 people - mostly protesters - were killed and more than 1,400 were injured during nine weeks of massive demonstrations.
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