enlarge An army unit is stationed in front of iTV television station on Phaholyothin Road on Wednesday after the army staged a coup d'etat on Tuesday night. The station belonged ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra before being sold to Singapore's Temasek Holdings.//Kunlaphun Sirimamporn
Today's Highlight
Activists, former MP arrested after staging protest
A group of democracy activists led by Chalard Vorachat became the first people to be arrested for defying the Administrative Reform Council's (ARC) order banning political assemblies and gatherings by five or more people.
Updated: Civilian govt in 2 weeks
Administrative Reform Council leader Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin told foreign diplomats that a civilian government would be appointed to run the country within two weeks and a general election could be carried out by October next year.
International community expresses concern
International community has expressed concern with the bloodless coup, saying the move was a step back for democracy and urged Thailand to return to democracy, as coup leader, Army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, met with Bangkok-based diplomats and the local and internal media to restore confidence.
COMMENT Onus now on coup leaders to restore trust of the people
They proclaimed to be doing it in the name of democracy, to wipe out rampant corruption and to rehabilitate a badly divided nation. Now the coupmakers have to prove their intent. And unlike those before them, the Thai armed forces leaders who seem to have overthrown caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup, have very little time to do so.
Thai Yaowapa named as Best Female Athlete
[TAEKWONDO] South Korea won nine gold medals and made a clean weep in the men's and women's teams events yesterday at the Bangkok World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, while Thai sensation Yaowapa Boorapolchai landed the Best Female Athlete award.
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An army unit is stationed in front of iTV television station on Phaholyothin Road on Wednesday after the army staged a coup d'etat on Tuesday night. The station belonged ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra before being sold to Singapore's Temasek Holdings.//Kunlaphun Sirimamporn
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