24 schools shut doors
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With anti-government rallies having snarled traffic in many parts of the city, 24 municipal schools located near protest sites cancelled classes for yesterday and today.
Eleven of the schools are in Phra Nakhon district, nine in Dusit district and four in Prom Prap district.
Silpakorn University has closed its Wang Tha Phra campus for the same two days, president Chaicharn Thavaravej said. He urged the government to maintain common sense to solve issues of the anti-government movement. Thammasat University also suspended activities at its Phrachan campus yesterday, rector Somkid Lertpaitoon said.
