Thai King backs coup leadership
By Thong Tai Man,WNS Bangkok Correspondent
BANGKOK - The leaders of Thailand's military coup have been given formal royal approval, in a special televised ceremony. An army officer read out a royal decree of assent, before coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin knelt before a portrait of the king. The footage confirms the coup leaders' claims two days ago that the king had endorsed their new military regime.
In Bangkok, dozens of pro-democracy activists held the first protest rally since Tuesday's coup. The gathering, outside an upmarket shopping centre, was illegal under martial law but ended without incident.
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