The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is advising Filipinos to suspend non-essential travel to Thailand in view of the violent political demonstrations there.

“We ask the Filipino community in Thailand to heed the request of the Thai government and for our nationals to refrain from non essential travel to Thailand at this time,” Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said in a statement late Monday as protesters demand Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down.

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