
Pracha said he has assigned the representatives of Peacekeeping Center to evaluate the on-going rally by student activists at the Urupong intersection and make a recommendation for the Cabinet as to whether the ISA should be extended or not. He said that the areas which are under the ISA’s enforcement need to be defended by the government.
“I wish that protesters will shift their rally to Lumpini Park to avoid causing trouble to the people. I have been reported that demonstrators at Urupong belong to the same anti-government group which used to stage a blockade at Government House” he said.
A special Cabinet meeting last Wednesday decided to invoke the ISA in three districts of Bangkok until September 18.//The Nation