Emergency to end
(N Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) BANGKOK, July 9. The Thai Prime Minister (Mr Sanya) has announced the lifting of the state of emergency he imposed last Thursday after clashes between tne police and rioters in the Chinese district of Bangkok, in which 28 persons were killed. The State-owned Radio! Thailand reported Mr Sanya as saying that the city had returned to normal, and that the state of emergency in Bangkok would end today. The police have arrested a young man whom they described as the ringleader of the rioting. „ The police said that Sutham Kuavikpai, aged 25, also known as Tee Peng, who had a criminal record, stripped off his shirt and drove a car into the Plabplachai Police Station late last Wednesday night while a mob was shouting for the release of an arrested taxi-driver. The riot began soon afterwards
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33582, 10 July 1974, Page 13
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141Emergency to end Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33582, 10 July 1974, Page 13
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