Thai junta gets tough on dissent
Thailand's junta said yesterday it had summoned two opposition members "to amend their political way of thinking", less than a week after former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from politics.
The announcement comes after a lull in strong-arm tactics by the military following a coup last May that overthrew the government, ending months of protests in which about 30 people were killed.
Lieutenant General Kampanart Ruddit said the army had summoned Chaturon Chaisaeng, a former education minister and Puea Thai Party member, to meet with the army officials.
"We have invited Chaturon Chaisaeng to meet us to amend and explain [his] political understanding," Kampanart told Reuters.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who as army chief led the May coup, said the NCPO had also invited former foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, a Puea Thai Party lawmaker, to "create understanding after they demonstrated political opinions following the [Yingluck] impeachment case".
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