Security tightened as CU-TU traditional football match begins today

As the annual political satire parade at the traditional football match between Thammasat and Chulalongkorn universities kicks off late Saturday afternoon at the National Stadium, hundreds of police and military security personnel were deployed around the stadium and it’s surrounding commercial district to keep close watch and ensure that the event will go peacefully with no untoward incidents.

EOD police were checking the stadium and around all areas, including skywalk near MBK Centre to ensure no suspecious objects were there.

The police were also ordered to make sure that no posters or placards attacking the military junta are carried inside the stadium to join in the highly anticipated political satire parade, which is considered the highlight at this year’s traditional football match between the country’s two oldest universities.

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