Thai Police Step Up Security At Bangkok Embassies

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Thai police step up security at Bangkok embassies

BANGKOK: -- Thai government security measures at 38 embassies in the capital will be heightened following Sunday's coordinated bombings in the Thai-Malaysian border provinces, a senior police officer said Tuesday.

Speaking to journalists after meeting representatives of 38 embassies in the capital to discuss increased security measures, Pol. Col. Phongsiam Meekhanthong, superintendent of Lumpini Police Station, said police are collecting information from expatriates, at popular commercial venues, a dozen embassies and at varied businesses owned by foreign investors in his jurisdiction.

The police have found no information related to the insurgent attacks on Chinese New Year (February 18) in Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla.

However, he has ordered his command to increase security measures at the 38 embassies by 100 percent, especially checking cars entering and leaving the embassy compounds and setting up checkpoints both in day and night.

Lumpini station will also exchange information on suspects and transnational criminals with the embassies.

The superintendent added that representatives including ambassadors, attaches, consuls and security authorities demonstrated a good understanding of the violence at the southern border.

--TNA 2007-02-20