- Title: THAILAND: Thai anti-government protest leadesr arrive at prosecutor's office
- Date: 26th May 2014
- Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (MAY 26, 2014) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** LEADER OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST MOVEMENT, SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN WALKING INTO BUILDING / GETTING INTO ELEVATOR SOLDIERS IN FRONT OF PROSECUTORS OFFICE SOLDIERS STANDING IN HALLWAY INSIDE OFFICE ANOTHER PROTEST LEADER CHUMPON JUMSAI WALKING OUT FROM ROOM ANOTHER PROTEST LEADER THAVORN SENIEM WALKING INTO ROOM CHUMPON GREETING MEDIA / WALKING BACK INTO ROOM SOLDIER TALKING ON RADIO SUTHEP WALKING OUT FROM ROOM ANOTHER PROTEST LEADER ANCHALEE PAIREERAK TALKING WITH MEDIA (SOUDNBITE) (Thai) ANTI-GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN AKANAT PROMPHAN SAYING: "I haven't made contact with anyone, haven't used the telephone. I had no contact with anyone at all." ANOTHER PROTEST LEADER LUANG PU BUDDHA ISSARA WALKING INTO ROOM (SOUDNBITE) (Thai) ANTI-GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN AKANAT PROMPHAN SAYING: "Suthep is healthy, he's had no problem. He is healthy. After six months of protests he's been having a five-day break. It is like having a holiday for him." MAN WALKING
- Embargoed: 10th June 2014 13:00
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- Location: Thailand
- Country: Thailand
- Topics: Politics
- Reuters ID: LVABX4XK5QJGIBHZASLR6846CQGU
- Story Text: The leaders of Thailand's anti-government protest movement arrived at the prosecutor's office on Monday (May 26) morning as court proceedings against them started, following their detention by the military last week.
Fireband leader of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) Suthep Thaugsuban and four other senior members were released from the junta's custody earlier in the day.
All five were ordered to report to the Office of the Attorney General to hear insurrection charges against them, media reported.
The release of the PDRC leaders comes as army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha was officially endorsed as the head of the National Council for Peace and Order, as the junta is known.
He later held a news conference.
The military overthrew the government on Thursday (May 22) after months of debilitating and at times violent confrontation between the populist government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the royalist establishment.
Critics say the coup will not end the conflict between the rival power networks: the Bangkok-based elite dominated by the military and the bureaucracy, and an upstart clique led by Yingluck's brother and former telecommunication mogul Thaksin Shinawatra. The Shinawatras draw much of their influence from the provinces.
The military has launched 19 successful or attempted coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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