REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANGKOK -- The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) on Tuesday reduced the curfew period to four hours from the current seven hours.

Accordingly, the new curfew time will be applied from midnight to 4 a.m. local time, taking effect from Wednesday, local media reported.

Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, who was later endorsed as chief of the NCPO, declared a coup last Thursday, imposing a nationwide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. local time.