Thai PM Anutin urges tighter security ahead of Feb 8 election after blasts


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BANGKOK: Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said security agencies and the military must carry out their duties “to the fullest” as authorities tighten intelligence work in Thailand’s three southern border provinces ahead of the Feb 8 general election, following the bomb attacks on 11 petrol stations on Saturday (Jan 10).

It would be difficult to deny that intelligence had failed, adding that improvements were needed because the attacks had already happened, Anutin said on Tuesday (Jan 13).

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