Prayut denies Privy Council behind coup
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has insisted he made the decision to stage the May22 coup after Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday claimed the Privy Council was behind the military takeover.
Gen Prayut yesterday said he risked his life staging the coup and he was not ordered to do it.
At the time, the country and the people were in grave danger so I decided [to stage the coup] on that day because the country was in an impossible situation.
I admit the coup was not the right thing.