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Security ‘ready’ at poll site

The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) says it is ready to ensure security at the Bangkok Youth Centre (Thai-Japan) in Din Daeng district, Bangkok’s site for the election candidacy registration that will run from today until Friday.

Large crowds of candidates eager to register for the May 14 poll are expected.

Motorists, meanwhile, are warned to avoid Mit Maitri Road and a section of Vibhavadi Rangsit Road near the youth centre as heavy traffic is expected there as well as on other roads connected to them, particularly on the first day of registration.

Pol Maj Gen Chokchai Ngamwong, deputy commissioner of the MPB, said 35 police and 170 crowd-control officers will be deployed around the youth centre to work together with municipal officers from the Bangkok Metropolitan…

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