250 policemen deployed to keep security at Parliament

The Metropolitan Police deployed 250 police to keep security at Parliament Thursday when MPs and senators began deliberating three charter amendment bills.

A company of policemen or 150 officers were deployed to keep security outside Parliament to prevent possible clashes between red-shirt and multi-coulored shirt demonstrators.

The red-shirt people rally beside the Dusit Zoo in support of charter amendments while the multi-coloured group rally on the Uthong Nai Road to oppose the amendment.

And 100 other police officers were deployed to keep security inside the Parliament's compound.

The Nation