Thai minister arrested for condemning military coup
Armed troops detained a Thai Cabinet minister who emerged from hiding on Tuesday to condemn last week's military coup and urge a return to civilian rule.
About half a dozen Thai soldiers took the ousted Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang into custody in chaotic scenes at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand in Bangkok, where he had just finished giving a surprise news conference. Mr Chaturon called for elections and warned that resistance to the army overthrow could grow.
It was the first public appearance by any member of the ousted government. He had been in hiding since the coup d'etat last Thursday, refusing to answer summons to surrender himself to an army base.
He now faces the prospect of a military court and up to two years in jail.
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