Thai premier declares state of emergency amid protests

Summary:
In Bangkok, Thailand the president declare that the state is in emergency law. He declare this in Wednesday. The cause is that the anti government where protesting in the country's parliament. He said the "purpose is to restore peace and order and to stop the spreading of false information to the Thai public." The broadcasting or spreading information considered a threat to national security and it prohibits people from staying in certain areas. The emergency allows authorities to take actions without court orders, such as summoning people, arresting and detaining people, and embarking on searches. Authorities are also permitted to stop Thai citizens from leaving the country. A helicopter was dispatched to pick up Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuangsuban and some other officials.

Byas: This is important because with this we can see that some presidents are really bad persons and that we need to selct really well who our presidents are.


http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/07/thailand.protests/index.html?hpt=T1