Army chief ordered to prepare troops to help police in case of emergency
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Defence Minister ACM Sukampol Suwannathat has ordered Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to prepare troops to assist police to keep law and order should police fail to control the situation, a source said.
The source said Prayuth in turn ordered the First Division, the Second Cavalry Division and the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division to prepared 8 companies of troops each to provide reinforcements to police when asked to.
Sukampol also ordered the monitoring centre at the Defence Ministry to monitor the situation closely
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