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With martial law, Thai gov’t nearly powerless

May 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – The question to Thailand’s army chief was a basic one. After he declared martial law this week, would he be consulting the government? His response encapsulated the increasingly surreal nature of this Southeast Asian country’s political crisis.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Constitutional Court, Human Rights Watch, Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Red Shirt, Southeast Asian, Sunai Phasuk, Suthep Thaugsuban, Thailand, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30

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