Bangkok Post
Police are setting up a rally control centre to handle protests by the pro-Thaksin Shinawatra United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship.
The opposition group is expected to stage demonstrations in the days and weeks leading up to the Feb 26 judgement in the asset seizure case concerning the Shinawatra family.
Police will draw up plans for action and units will rehearse security measures at the centre, said acting national police chief Pateep Tanprasert yesterday.
The role of the centre is to devise security measures to address the changing situation on the streets, he said.
The operation is in line with security preparations agreed to in a National Security Council meeting on Thursday, when Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stressed the need to contain the rally-goers, said Pol Gen Pateep.
The move came after Khattiya Sawasdipol, widely known as Seh Daeng, unveiled yesterday his plan to set up "UDD troops" to guard the red shirt demonstrators.
About 200 former military rangers from Nakhon Ratchasima and other northeastern provinces had volunteered to protect the UDD demonstrations, Maj Gen Khattiya said.
The opposition group is expected to stage demonstrations in the days and weeks leading up to the Feb 26 judgement in the asset seizure case concerning the Shinawatra family.
Police will draw up plans for action and units will rehearse security measures at the centre, said acting national police chief Pateep Tanprasert yesterday.
The role of the centre is to devise security measures to address the changing situation on the streets, he said.
The operation is in line with security preparations agreed to in a National Security Council meeting on Thursday, when Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stressed the need to contain the rally-goers, said Pol Gen Pateep.
The move came after Khattiya Sawasdipol, widely known as Seh Daeng, unveiled yesterday his plan to set up "UDD troops" to guard the red shirt demonstrators.
About 200 former military rangers from Nakhon Ratchasima and other northeastern provinces had volunteered to protect the UDD demonstrations, Maj Gen Khattiya said.
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