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21/06/2010
Bangkok Post
About 1,000 police will be deployed to provide security and help traffic flows around Wat Sommanatviharn in Pomprap Satruphai district where the royally sponsored funeral for Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, better known as Seh Daeng, will be held on Tuesday, Metropolitan Police Division 1 commander Wichai Sangprapai said on Monday.
There will be 800 police from four anti-riot companies and another 200 from Nang Lerng and Chana Songkhram police stations.
Pol Maj-Gen Wichai said he expected at least 10,000 people to attend the funeral, including red-shirt supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, Seh Daeng's former subordinates, opposition and government politicians, high-ranking police and soldiers.
It had not been decided whether inspection points would be set up for weapon checks, he said.
Maj-Gen Khattiya, who was the security chief for the UDD protest at Ratchaprasong, was shot in the head on May 13 while giving a press interview near the Sala Daeng intersection. He died on May 17.
Before the incident, Maj-Gen Khattiya had been suspended from duty as an army specialist for alleged misconduct after an army committee recommended he face criminal charges in a military court.
Maj Gen Khattiya's salary had also been suspended since Jan 4 after he was found to have offended and insulted army chief Gen Anupong Paojinda.
He also travelled to meet ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra once in Cambodia and again in Dubai without informing his superiors he was leaving the country, as required by miliary regulations.
He also led a group of about 200 former military rangers to work as security guards for the UDD and acted openly as the leader of the UDD's security team at the Ratchaprasong rally site
There will be 800 police from four anti-riot companies and another 200 from Nang Lerng and Chana Songkhram police stations.
Pol Maj-Gen Wichai said he expected at least 10,000 people to attend the funeral, including red-shirt supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, Seh Daeng's former subordinates, opposition and government politicians, high-ranking police and soldiers.
It had not been decided whether inspection points would be set up for weapon checks, he said.
Maj-Gen Khattiya, who was the security chief for the UDD protest at Ratchaprasong, was shot in the head on May 13 while giving a press interview near the Sala Daeng intersection. He died on May 17.
Before the incident, Maj-Gen Khattiya had been suspended from duty as an army specialist for alleged misconduct after an army committee recommended he face criminal charges in a military court.
Maj Gen Khattiya's salary had also been suspended since Jan 4 after he was found to have offended and insulted army chief Gen Anupong Paojinda.
He also travelled to meet ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra once in Cambodia and again in Dubai without informing his superiors he was leaving the country, as required by miliary regulations.
He also led a group of about 200 former military rangers to work as security guards for the UDD and acted openly as the leader of the UDD's security team at the Ratchaprasong rally site
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