Summary of the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order's Press Briefing on 15 May 2014

Summary of the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order's Press Briefing on 15 May 2014

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At 13.00 hrs., the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) informed the press on the outcome of the meeting of the CAPO earlier in the day, gist as follows:

1. Following the relocating of the protest site of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) from Lumpini Park to Ratchadumnoen Road on 12 May, the CAPO has received a report that after being checked by police officers, the Explosive Ordinance Disposal officers, military officers, and the Bangkok officials, vests, explosive devices, and numbers of grenades have been found. All the materials have been transferred to the investigating officers in order to proceed with legal actions. Besides, it has been discovered that those materials belong to the PDRC security guards.
The CAPO wished to inform the public that it could prove that the PDRC demonstrations have been involved with weapons unlike what PDRC leaders have always claimed that the demonstrations is non-violent.

2. Following the news indicating that Mr.Suthep Thaugsuban and the PDRC leaders used the Santimaitri Building, the Government House to broadcast their statement, the CAPO wished to explain that such action was a trespassing of government premise and it was not accepted by police and military officers at the venue. Mr.Suthep and his fellows also broke in by cutting a chain at the main gate, breaking in to the building through windows. The officers already recorded all actions which will be proceeded with legal actions.

This morning, the Acting Prime Minister and his colleagues had a meeting with members of the Election Commission (EC) at the Kantarat Hall near the Royal Air Force Academy and the meeting was interrupted by 1,500 protesters threatening to enter the venue. The meeting then had to be postponed. The CAPO condemned such action as it was an attempt to obstruct the election.

The CAPO wished to inform the public that the Criminal Court has already approved arrest warrants against 38 person and 13 more are being summoned.