Cabinet rejects curfew proposal for deep South

At the recommendation of the National Security Council, the Cabinet Friday disapproved a proposal to impose curfews in the strife-torn deep South, as "requests for restriction of night-time travels" are well responded by the locals with their full cooperation, as put by NSC secretary-general Lt General Pharadorn Phatthanathabutr.

He also cited strong opposition among locals surveyed in a report, compiled jointly by the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre and the Fourth Army Area, by more than 80 per cent of a large number or residents interviewed, as another reason not favouring the curfew, which had been proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung.

The Nation