Thai coup leader: Don't protest, it's no use (corrected)
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Source: AP-EXCITE
By TODD PITMAN and THANYARAT DOKSONE
BANGKOK (AP) — Bolstered by an endorsement from Thailand's king, the nation's new military ruler issued a stark warning Monday to anyone opposed to last week's coup: don't cause trouble, don't criticize, don't protest — or else the nation could revert to the "old days" of turmoil and street violence.
Speaking in his first public appearance since seizing power, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha justified the army takeover saying he had restore order after seven months of increasingly violent confrontations between the now-ousted government and demonstrators who had long urged the army to intervene.
"I'm not here to argue with anyone. I want to bring everything out in the open and fix it," said Prayuth, who spoke at the army headquarters in Bangkok dressed in a crisp white military uniform.
"Everyone must help me," he said, adding: but "do not criticize, do not create new problems. It's no use."
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In this photo released by the Royal Thai Army, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha receives a royal endorsement in front of the portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej at a ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, May 26, 2014. Bolstered by a royal endorsement to run the country after last week's coup, Thailand's junta leader warned Monday against mounting opposition to the takeover, ordering Thais not to cause trouble, not to criticize, not to protest - or else face a return to the "old days" of street violence. (AP Photo/Rpyal Thai Army)
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