BANGKOK: Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been detained by the military junta that seized power in a coup, a source in her Puea Thai party said on Saturday.
'It is confirmed that she was detained by the military since she reported to the junta yesterday,' said the source, who was present when Yingluck answered a call by the junta to present herself to the army on Friday.
Entities 0 Name: BANGKOK Count: 1 1 Name: Yingluck Count: 1 2 Name: Thai Count: 1 3 Name: Yingluck Shinawatra Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/RixXLB Title: Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra detained after coup Description: Thailand's military has detained former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in a military camp roughly two hours from Bangkok, after she and more than 150 other prominent politicians and activists were apprehended and banned from leaving the country. The detainments come a day after Thailand's army chief seized power in a coup declared necessary to "restore order and normality".
