The cabinet agreed to extend the curfew in Bangkok and 23 other provinces to Friday night, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday aorund noon.
The curfew will be in force between midnight and 4am, he said.
Secretary-general of the National Security Council (NSC) Thawil Pliensri said the prime minister and cabinet ministers understand that the curfew has caused inconvenience to the public, so they decided not to extend it for seven more days as suggested by the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES).