Phuket terror alert no cause for alarm, say police

The Phuket News

Col Teerapol Thipjaroen, Commander of the Phuket Provincial Police, told The Phuket News today that the order was 'nothing serious'.

PHUKET: -- An order issued by Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada over the weekend calling on all authorities across the island to ramp up security efforts following a vague warning of non-peaceful people coming to Phuket to create a situation is no cause for alarm, the Phuket police chief told The Phuket News today (Feb 15).

The missive, dated February 13 and signed by Governor Chamroen, asked for all local government office heads to coordinate with the respective police, military and security chiefs to ensure that precautionary inspections are carried out, and to ensure that there are no black spots in CCTV coverage. (See story here.)

Col Teerapol Thipjaroen, Commander of the Phuket Provincial Police, however, told The Phuket News today that the order was nothing serious.

Actually, its just normal working process to push officials in other area to be more active, he said. And especially with Phuket having lots of tourists around, we are just being careful.

Full Story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-terror-alert-no-cause-for-alarm-say-police-56231.php

-- Phuket News 2016-02-15

a vague warning of non-peaceful people coming to Phuket to create a situation

Another Aussie rugby team on the way?

more dumb stupidity......at least it wasnt a business dispute

No need to fear. Thai authorities have the situation under normal control.

We should be all shitting ourselves!

a vague warning of non-peaceful people coming to Phuket to create a situation

Another Aussie rugby team on the way?

Syrian Bridge Team.

a vague warning of non-peaceful people coming to Phuket to create a situation

Another Aussie rugby team on the way?

Syrian Bridge Team.

Now there's one to ponder.

So without this nonserious alarm -

local government office heads will not coordinate with the respective police, military and security chiefs to ensure that precautionary inspections are carried out, nor ensure that there are no black spots in CCTV coverage?

What's next - an alert that RTP will enforce the traffic laws?

Actually, its just normal working process to push officials in other area to be more active

The dear Police Commander is really stating this with a straight face: in other words, it takes a terror alert to make officials do their duty. And the terror alert is just a normal tool to achieve this.

Oh Col Teerapol Thipjaroen, now that you have let the cat out of the bag, how will you get it back in? ...but that's not really your job..., right?

No alarm? nothing serious? you are all safe here? Oh!so its all ok then.Hold on,wait a minute.Didnt approx 3000 people cruise by immigration the other day,when all the lights went out??? Maybe a few of them are in Phuket now.Its those pesky non peaceful people, with vague warnings again.