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Phuket police chief denies imposing curfew on teens

Phuket police chief denies imposing curfew on teens

PHUKET: Pol Maj Gen Krajang Suwannarat, the island’s temporary police chief, has denied a report that Phuket police have imposed a 10pm curfew on anyone under the age of 18, banning them from the streets after that time.


By Anthika Muangrod

Monday 21 July 2014 02:19 PM


Gen Krajang: We have no power to impose a curfew.

Gen Krajang: We have no power to impose a curfew.

Gen Krajang told The Phuket News this morning, “How can we stop them going out at night? We have no power to impose a curfew.”

But, he added, “We are going to check teenagers more because recently there have been many criminal cases, such as bag-snatching, that have involved teenagers.

“We are just going to be checking them more stringently, using check points.

“We already have a number of check points but we will continue to add more until we see concrete results.”