Suthep lifts imposition of security act

       The imposition of the Internal Security Act in Bangkok's Dusit district will be lifted today after the weekend's red shirt rally passed without violence.
       Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, who is in charge of national security, yesterday said it was fortunate there was no violence during the demonstration led by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship.
       The Internal Security Act had been invoked in Dusit district where the rally was held. The act took effect on Friday.
       More than 20,000 anti-government UDD supporters gathered at the Royal
       Plaza on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the Sept 19,2006, military coup that toppled the Thaksin Shinawatra administration.Demonstrators dispersed at midnight and there Suthep: Relieved were no violent there was no violence incidents.
       Mr Suthep said members of the security forces manning Government House were now pulling out of the compound.
       He said the government would decide whether to invoke the Internal Security Act to ensure security for the Asean summits in Phetchaburi's Cha-am district and Prachuap Khiri Khan's Hua Hin district in late October.
       Mr Suthep denied suggestions the government had been locked in a political tug-of-war with red shirt protesters.
       Metropolitan police chief Worapong Chiewpreecha has issued an order lowering a security alert at the Royal Plaza to "normal" level and cutting the number of security forces in the area.