The NCPO relaxes curfew from tonight

[george]

The NCPO relaxes curfew from May 28

Beginning 28/05/14 the nationwide curfew will be between 0001-0400. Other details unchanged.

-- 2014-05-27

Edited May 27, 2014 by george

[Alwyn]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

[wellred]

Everyone on twitter seems to be saying the same.

[kingstonkid]

Damn there goes the 10 - 5 special rate.

[Guest]

I think it starts tomorrow. So today is still under old rule and therefore curfew starts at 10pm. But as the new rule is in effect after midnight, curfew ends at 4am.

Following days it will be from midnight to 4am.

But in reality, does the military or police care if there is plenty of people on the streets celebrating their new freedom

[djjamie]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

The movement of arms from the North by road to Bangkok.

[tribalfusion001]

Thank you, at last, it was starting to get boring, I hope the MRT is back to normal closing times tomorrow.

[chiangmai2014]

how about the shops like BIG C or other malls for example will they close at 10 again or still 8 like now

[DLP]

Why have a curfew for 4 hours, why cant they just lift the curfew and be done with it.

Maybe they have there reasons ?

[sabaijai]

00.01 is one minute past midnight tonight which means tomorrow.

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[FangFerang]

Announced on Thai TV at 8:47.

[JesseFrank]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

The movement of arms from the North by road to Bangkok.

They can't move them during the day ?

[Lancelot]

00.01 is one minute past midnight tonight which means tomorrow.

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That's the way I understood it too

[AhFarangJa]

Damn there goes the 10 - 5 special rate.

Guess you will have to go and negotiate a midnight to four rate... would that count as short time?

[george]

Bit of logic: curfew midnight-start change activates on 28 May but today is 27 May (ergo curfew still starts at 10 pm tonight). #Confused?

[bigbamboo]

I never thought I'd ever write these words on here but that's another smart move from the government.

[ThomasHOL]

JesseFrank, on 27 May 2014 - 16:33, said:

They can't move them during the day ?

They heard that it is "shady business" moving arms

[JesseFrank]

Bit of logic: curfew midnight-start change activates on 28 May but today is 27 May (ergo curfew still starts at 10 pm tonight). #Confused?

But finish at 4 am

[Lite Beer]

RT@Thai_Talk: NCPO revises curfew to midnight-4pm effective tonight, and bans all illegal gambling nationwide. #ThaiCoup

[Alwyn]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

The movement of arms from the North by road to Bangkok.

Better answer would be security on those roads then and let the rest of the country go about it's business maybe?

[bigt116]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

If you know the streets should be virtually empty, then it gives the security forces less people to check and also means that any unexpected movement can be considered as suspicious. This greatly helps with hindering the movement of wanted people and arms.

[djjamie]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

The movement of arms from the North by road to Bangkok.

They can't move them during the day ?

Touche, though without a curfew they would prefer to move them under the cover of darkness.

Also, do you remember how many grenade attacks the red shirts perpetrated on the PDRC camps during the day. I don't remember any. There were a lot more done at night. Cover of darkness again.

Edited May 27, 2014 by djjamie

[DLP]

RT@Thai_Talk: NCPO revises curfew to midnight-4pm effective tonight, and bans all illegal gambling nationwide. #ThaiCoup

So does that mean that all other illegal activities are O.K.

[angsta]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

If you know the streets should be virtually empty, then it gives the security forces less people to check and also means that any unexpected movement can be considered as suspicious. This greatly helps with hindering the movement of wanted people and arms.

A little bit of knowledge is a very dangerous thing. Todays winner is bigt116 and who has read one too many Tom Clancy novels.

[bangkokpoppys]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

not sure but this curfew is probably going to save some marriages tho

[wileycoyote]

Light at the end of the tunnel !

[fab4]

Touche, though without a curfew they would prefer to move them under the cover of darkness.

Also, do you remember how many grenade attacks the red shirts perpetrated on the PDRC camps during the day that killed over 20 and injured over 700. There were a lot more done at night. Cover of darkness again.

How many grenade attacks were the red shirts responsible for, djjamie? You say you know, tell us how you do and which red shirts were responsible. Or shall we put this down to the good old TVF "every one knows" standard of evidence.

[Sealbash]

I wonder what they think will be happening that is a threat to national security between midnight and 4a.m??

The movement of arms from the North by road to Bangkok.

Better answer would be security on those roads then and let the rest of the country go about it's business maybe?

When you run your coup, we will do it your way. In the meantime, it is their coup, let's play by their rules?

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[Tomtomtom69]

Bit of logic: curfew midnight-start change activates on 28 May but today is 27 May (ergo curfew still starts at 10 pm tonight). #Confused?

But finish at 4 am

Doesn't make a big difference whether it's 4 or 5am. Who gets up and is on the roads that early anyway, except shift workers, reporters etc. I'm glad that the curfew now only starts at midnight, 10pm was definitely way too early...sometimes with the traffic in Bangkok at 10pm you could still be stuck in traffic along Rama I or Sukhumvit etc. or still be stuck inside a shopping mall parking lot (such as Paragon) 2.5 hours after you first got inside your car...

[sommer1978]

how about the malls? will they have new open and close times?