[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Military coup ousts Thai PM

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Military coup ousts Thai PM
September 20, 2006 - 6:22AM

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The Thai army has taken control of Bangkok without a shot being fired,
dismissing an absent Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, revoking the
constitution and promising a swift return to democracy after political reforms.

Thaksin telephoned a Thai television station from New York to announce a state
of emergency in an apparent attempt to head off the coup. A government
spokesman with him at the United Nations said the army could not succeed and
"we're in control".

But tanks and troops took over Government House in Thailand's first coup in 15
years and a coup spokesman said the army and police were in control of the
capital and surrounding provinces.

Armoured vehicles and soldiers took up position on many street corners, but
life in most of Bangkok continued much as usual with traffic moving through
rain drenched streets and the airport operating normally.

The seizure would be temporary and power "returned to the people" soon, retired
Lieutenant-General Prapart Sakuntanak said on all Thai television channels.

Foreign news channels, including CNN and the BBC, were cut.

The army told all soldiers to report to base and banned unauthorised troop
movements, suggesting the military leadership was worried that Thaksin
loyalists in the armed forces might attempt a counter-coup.

Prapart said the armed forces and police had set up a body to decide on
political reforms, ousting billionaire telecoms tycoon Thaksin in the midst of
a political crisis stemming from accusations he had subverted Thailand's
74-year-old democracy.

'Rampant corruption'

"Never in Thai history have the people been so divided," Prapart said.

"The majority of people had become suspicious of this administration, which is
running the country through rampant corruption," he added.

"Independent bodies have been interfered with so much they could not perform in
line within the spirit of the constitution."

Weerasak Kohsurat, a deputy minister in a previous government, said he believed
royal adviser Sumate Tantivejakul would steer the political reform process.

Elections would be called when it was done and Thaksin, Thailand's longest
serving elected prime minister, would be allowed to take part, he said.

Thaksin himself was scheduled to address the opening of the UN General Assembly
and it was not immediately clear when he would return to Bangkok.

After mass street protests against him in Bangkok, Thaksin, winner of two
election landslides, called a snap poll in April, hoping his firm rural
following would counter his metropolitan opponents.

However, opposition parties argued he had skewed neutral bodies such as the
Election Commission in his favour and boycotted the poll. That rendered the
election result invalid.

Baht plunges

Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party was expected to win a re-run
tentatively scheduled for late November, increasing pressure on his opponents
in the military and the old establishment to resort to removing him by force.

"There is no other means to solve the political deadlock," said a former senior
official close to the top military brass. "It's been almost a year that the
country has no democracy, no legitimate government to run the country.

"I've told foreign diplomats Thailand may need to take a step backward, if they
think a coup will, in order to leap forward."

The Thai baht , one of Asia's strongest currencies this year, suffered its
biggest fall in three years within hours of the coup.

But the Stock Exchange announced it would open as usual on Wednesday, although
it clearly expected investors to sell, saying it would halt trading if the main
index fell more than 10 percent.

News of the coup also helped lift the dollar and U.S. Treasuries as some
investors ducked into safe havens.

In his television statement, Thaksin ordered troops not to "move illegally" and
told army commander-in-chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin to report to acting Prime
Minister Chidchai Vanasatidya.

He also ordered Armed Forces Supreme Commander Ruangroj Mahasaranond to
implement the emergency order.

The transmission stopped after 10 minutes while he was still talking.

REUTERS

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