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BANGKOK - Thai authorities will ask the government to extend a curfew in Bangkok and 23 provinces for another week in the wake of a crackdown on anti-government protesters, an army official said Monday.
Army spokesman Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd said emergency officials would recommend the government maintain the midnight-to-4am curfew for another week, at a cabinet meeting Tuesday.
"There are still some movements to incite unrest. The curfew will facilitate the authorities' work," Sunsern said.
"If the curfew begins at midnight, it will affect the public less," he added.
Five nights of curfew have been enforced after a rampage of arson and looting broke out in the capital in the wake of a Wednesday crackdown on anti-government protests.
The new curfew hours have been gradually shortened. - AFP/vm
Army spokesman Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd said emergency officials would recommend the government maintain the midnight-to-4am curfew for another week, at a cabinet meeting Tuesday.
"There are still some movements to incite unrest. The curfew will facilitate the authorities' work," Sunsern said.
"If the curfew begins at midnight, it will affect the public less," he added.
Five nights of curfew have been enforced after a rampage of arson and looting broke out in the capital in the wake of a Wednesday crackdown on anti-government protests.
The new curfew hours have been gradually shortened. - AFP/vm
