Thai military summons more people, holds PM
Thai military continued to hold former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday, a source close to her told CNN.
She was ordered to report a day earlier to the junta that has taken charge of the country.
The National Peace and Order Maintaining Council summoned 35 more people on Saturday to report by 1:00 p.m. local time, a military spokesman told reporters.
The list included many academics and one of Shinawatra’s chief opponents, Yellow Shirt movement leader Sondhi Limthongkul. The politician suffered a gunshot wound to the head during unrest in 2009 but later recovered.
Some of the people the NPOMC summoned have yet to heed its call.
The council on Saturday gave them another chance to do so and announced that those who did not comply would be taken in by “law enforcement.”
The military has banned more than 150 prominent figures from leaving the country and threatened to arrest politicians who disobey its orders.
The armed forces seized power in a coup on Thursday after months of turmoil that paralyzed much of the government and caused deadly clashes in the streets of Bangkok.
It has imposed martial law, which includes a curfew, and shut out independent media reporting. CNN International’s broadcasting has been blacked out in Thailand.
Security forces have arrested “many people” suspected of possessing “military grade weapons and explosive devices,” officials said.
The United States and other countries have criticized the military’s intervention, the latest in a long list of coups in Thailand, and called for the swift restoration of democracy.
