Bangkok by-election security in place
Poll being held Sunday to replace ousted government MP Sira Jenjaka
A total of 800 police officers will be deployed to maintain order at 280 polling units during Sunday’s by-election in in northern Bangkok, police say.
Two officers will be stationed at each polling unit in Constituency 9, which covers Lak Si and Chatuchak districts, with mobile and crowd control teams on standby in case of any adverse events, said Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB).
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