Soldiers to guard NACC, other independent agencies

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014
Soldiers to guard NACC, other independent agencies

First Infantry Division commander Maj-General Varah Boonyasit said on Tuesday that the Army would deploy personnel to guard the office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission from Wednesday onward. This would be one day before caretaker Prime Minister

The Army will also be sending soldiers to guard the offices of other independent agencies, including the Election Commission.

Separately, Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) spokesman Colonel Banphot Poonpien said Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, in his capacity as deputy ISOC commander, had ordered governors to monitor the situation in the provinces because violence upcountry might worsen the ongoing political turmoil.