Tweets:
-05.20 am Troops are at ASTV, VoiceTV, Springnews, #nation, ThaiPBS, Ch 7, Ch 3 already
-04:30 am, Army arrives at the Nation building in Bangna-Trat rd.
-There is apparently going to be an announcement soon on national TV which will hopefully clear up any confusion of whose in charge
-6:15am So far we are being told by the media that this is NOT a coup. Hopefully the acting PM will soon assure us that himself
Military stresses that move ‘is not a coup’ but meant to ‘restore peace and order for people from all sides’
Thailand’s army on Tuesday declared martial law across the crisis-gripped kingdom to restore order following months of anti-government protests that have left 28 people dead and hundreds wounded.
An announcement on military-run television said martial law had been invoked “to restore peace and order for people from all sides”, stressing that the move “is not a coup”.
http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/140520-thailand-s-army-invokes-martial-law-military-tv
“The public do not need to panic but can still live their lives as normal,” it added.
It was not immediately clear if the move — which gives the military control of nationwide security — had been approved by the country’s embattled prime minister.