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"The government will dispatch a combined force of over 6,500 to maintain law and order during the red shirts' mass rally at the Royal Plaza tomorrow.Roads around Government House and the old Army Club, which is next to the residence of Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, will be partly closed to vehicular traffic to "facilitate the officials involved in the operation".

Acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said yesterday that intelligence showed that protesters would gather at the premises of certain state offices including military barracks and homes of important figures. Panitan urged anyone with information about possible acts of violence to alert authorities. He also asked the mass media to cover the protest accurately and objectively, in order to prevent panic.

Army spokesman Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd said 63 companies - 33 from the three Armed Forces branches and 30 from the police - would be deployed to enforce the Internal Security Act (ISA). Also on hand would be 350 Bangkok-based officials from the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc)."

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/09/18...cs_30112500.php