BANGKOK, Sep. 18, 2009 (Kyodo News International) -- The Thai government tightened security Friday in an area of Bangkok where a security law was imposed ahead of an antigovernment rally planned for Saturday.
Several hundred police were deployed in the Dusit section of the city, which includes Government House, the Royal Plaza and the office of the Metropolitan Police, to maintain order.
About a hundred police were also posted at the residences of Prem Tinsulanonda, president of the Privy Council, both in Bangkok and in northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima Province, after the protesters vowed to march on his residences.
Prem has been accused by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of being behind the 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin.
According to army spokesman Sansern Kaewkumnerd, up to 7,000 unarmed police, soldiers and civilian officers will be deployed in the restricted areas to deal with an expected 30,000 protesters.
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