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¡@¡@BANGKOK, Sept. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on
Tuesday instructed concerned government agencies to keep close watch of any
group suspected of being involved in terrorists activities, local press reported
on Wednesday.
¡@¡@He was quoted as telling the National Security Council and the Immigration
Police Bureau to blacklist any foreign groups that useThai territory to plan
attacks against their home countries.
¡@¡@Thailand would never allow any rebel group active on its land to plot
against a foreign government, the prime minister reportedly said at the weekly
cabinet meeting.
¡@¡@"The prime minister has instructed the authorities concerned tokeep a close
watch on those kinds of groups and to blacklist them so that they can't enter
Thai territory," The Nation quoted government spokesman Sita Divari as saying.
¡@¡@This was the Thai government's latest move in the fight againstterrorism.
¡@¡@Bangkok will hold the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation summit in October, when world leaders from 21 economies would come
here to attend the meeting. Enditem ¡@
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