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The Metropolitan Police will issue a directive to prohibit children under 18 years old from leaving home after 10 pm without justified reasons, the bureau spokesman said Thursday.
Metropolitan Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Piya Uthayo said the ban was aimed preventing youths from hanging out at night and committing crime or becoming crime victims.
Piya said if police found children under 18 hanging out at night without justified reasions they would be takenn to police stations and they would be have criminal records and their parents would be called to pick them up.
He said students, who finish class at tuition schools late at night, would be exempted from the curfew.
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Youth who stay out of their homes after 10pm in Bangkok must have good reasons to do so from now on or police could summon them for questioning.
Metropolitan Police Bureau spokesman Maj-General Piya Utayo yesterday said the measure was intended to prevent youths from ending up as criminals or victims of crime. However, some people are worried about the measure.
"Police will conduct patrols to ensure youths do not engage in inappropriate activities," he said.
He said the Metropolitan Police commissioner had instructed his subordinates to strictly monitor youths aged under 18 who were out of their homes after 10pm.
"If we find them road racing or hanging out at Internet cafes, we will send them to police stations," Piya said.
He said the parents of the youths would then be alerted so they knew about the problem and could bring their children home. "But if the youths engage in illegal activities, they will be charged and face legal action," Piya added.
"It's necessary to take preventive measures, otherwise the children may become criminals or crime victims," he said.
Piya said children who had valid reasons - such as taking evening tutorial courses - would be allowed to stay out late.
Senator Wallop Tangkana-nurak, who chairs the Senate committee on children, women and the elderly, urged police to implement the measure cautiously. "If police stop and arrest children who are heading to a party at their friend's home, they will be violating the children's rights," he warned.
He said police should just ask the children where they are going and check if they are telling the truth or engaging in illegal activities.
Wallop also pointed out that it would be very sensitive if police conducted body searches on girls or took them to police stations for unclear reasons.
Panadda Chamnansuk, a lecturer from Kasetsart University's Faculty of Social Science, was even more worried. She said the measure would not fit in with Bangkok people's lifestyles.
Panadda said she believed police should focus on risky places such as auto-accessory shops and gaming cafes.
Wallop suggested police implement the measure by setting up checkpoints at night, claiming it would be more useful. "Check the adults too so as to effectively prevent crimes," he said.
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