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No special laws will be invoked against rallies

Dump trucks parked with their beds lifted to block the entrance gate to Royal Thai Police headquarters as demonstrators gathered at adjacent Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok on Wednesday evening. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

The government will not invoke special laws to prevent clashes between rival groups of demonstrators, but will step up enforcement of regular laws, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday.

It was unnecessary for the government to resort to use of a special law.

However, enforcement of regular laws would be escalated, he said at Government House.

He was replying to questions about the fighting between yellow-clad demonstrators and student-led protesters near the parliament complex in Dusit district on Tuesday.

Six people were wounded by gunshots during the…

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