THAILAND: Thai military monitor roads around Bangkok and help cleaning staff tidy up the area around a protesters' camp

Record ID: 278142

  • Title: THAILAND: Thai military monitor roads around Bangkok and help cleaning staff tidy up the area around a protesters' camp
  • Date: 24th May 2014
  • Summary: NAKHON PATHOM, PROVINCE, THAILAND (MAY 24, 2014) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS ON SIDE OF ROAD SOLDIER STANDING, WATCHING TRAFFIC SOLDIER NEXT TO BARB WIRE VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS PATROLLING VARIOUS OF CLEANING STAFF SPRAYING WATER WATER HITTING ROAD VARIOUS OF UTTHAYAN ROAD BEING CLEANED BY WORKERS SOLDIERS PICKING UP TRASH CLEANING STAFF SWEEPING FLOOR/ SOLDIERS PLACING RUBBISH INTO
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Thailand
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA5RRPVWMN29HIKZCANDHOSAGT1
  • Story Text: Thai soldiers kept a watchful eye on roads leading in and out of Bangkok on Saturday (May 24) as cleaning staff tidied up the area around a "Red Shirt" protesters camp which was closed down a day earlier.
    On Friday (May 23) Thai General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who seized power amid a political crisis, summonded former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her associates as well as civil servants and held meetings to pave the way forward under military control.
    Yingluck was detained and taken to an undisclosed location, while Prayuth explained to civil servants his plan for introducing reforms before the next election is held.
    Soldiers cleared areas where anti-government protesters had been camping out for months as well as the camps of government supporters. Protesters were sent home and the army initiated a mass clean-up to return the space to the public, which was continued on Saturday morning.
    The military has banned gatherings of more than five people, censored the media and imposed a 10 p.m to 5 a.m. curfew but that has not stopped some people from showing their disapproval.
    In Bangkok and in the country's north, anti-military protests were organized by people on Friday who said they had no political affiliation, but were against army rule. These passed without any major incident amid tight security.
    The use of force to put down protesters could squander any legitimacy the military leaders may have after saying they took power in the first place to end violence and restore order.
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