Yingluck, who faces charges related to a rice-pledging scheme, will make a verbal statement to the Supreme Court on August 1 and her verdict will be read on August 25. This has prompted concerns in some circles about gatherings of people to show support for her. The military would work on security issues as usual, without focusing any particular events or groups, he said. Some new outlets reported on the weekend that top brass had instructed officers to closely follow the movements of certain groups of people ahead of the Supreme Court verdict. The commanders of all four army areas in the main regions of the country had been assigned to monitor any suspicious movement, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 24, 2017 09:00 UTC