BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand will deploy 17,000 police officers
and has invoked a special security law for what authorities expect will be the
largest anti-government protest since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took
office in 2011.
Authorities expect tens of
thousands of protesters for Saturday’s rally, which is being organized by a
royalist group calling itself “Pitak Siam,” or “Protect Thailand.”
The group accuses Yingluck’s
government of corruption, allowing defamation of the revered monarchy and being
a puppet of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is Yingluck’s brother
and was ousted by a 2006 coup.
The government invoked the
Internal Security Act on Thursday in three Bangkok districts, citing the
possibility of violence. The act allows authorities to close roads, impose
curfews and ban the use of electronic devices in designated areas.
READ ANALYSIS FROM BANGKOK PUNDIT HERE: Thai
government invokes Internal Security Act ahead of protests
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