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Article: Thai government confirms attempts of military coup
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 12, 2006
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Thai government confirms attempts of military coup
BANGKOK, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- It was true, rather than just rumor,
that some militarymen were trying to stage a coup d'etat in Bangkok
to oust caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai government
Spokesman Surapong Suebwonglee said Tuesday.
Surapong told a press conference Tuesday morning that a group of
militarymen, as reported earlier, were mapping out a plan to stage a
military coup while the caretaker Prime Minister was out of home for
an overseas business trip.
A police source, requiring anonymity, also told Xinhua that some
militarymen planned to kidnap a granddaughter of Thaksin, as part of
the coup attempt, to bargain ...