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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra found himself deposed yesterday as his country's military launched a coup d'etat, encircling the government compound with tanks, seizing control of television status and declaring a provisional authority loyal to the king.
A senior military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin had used the military to seize power from the prime minister.
Several hundred soldiers were deployed at keys points around Bangkok, including government installations and major intersections, witnesses said. A dozen soldiers patrolled around Erawan Hotel, a major tourist facility, at the heart of the capital's business district. The Nation newspaper's cable television station reported that tanks were parked at the Rachadamnoen Road and Royal Plaza close to the Royal Palace and government offices.
(China Daily September 20, 2006)
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