Military checkpoints in the city

Police and military officers have set up six checkpoints around Ratchaprasong, late yesterday, in order to search for weapons that might be smuggled into the red shirts’ protest site.

The action followed an announcement of the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation spokesperson, Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd, earlier in the week.

The military checkpoints are at Sala Daeng Intersection, Phayathai Intersection, Pongpraram Intersection, Naradhivas-Silom Intersection, Henry Dunant Intersection and Asoke Montri Intersection. Roads are not closed except where red shirt barriers span intersections close to Ratchaprasong district. 

The most significant military build up is at the Sala Daeng intersection and near Asoke BTS, but traffic is still moving.

Meanwhile, BTS operates from 0600 to 2000 with stops at all stations. MRT subway trains operate from 0600 to 2400 as normal, but services at the Silom station will close daily  at 1900, until further notice.