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The decision was relayed by Mr Thaksin's legal adviser, Robert Amsterdam, and revealed exclusively by the ABC.
The announcement comes amid reports that coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha will remain at the head of a junta beyond his scheduled retirement in September, according to the Bangkok Post.
General Prayuth has assumed the powers to act as prime minister; except Section 2, which acknowledges that the king is the head of state.
On Saturday night the military junta disbanded the country's Senate and placed all law-making responsibility in the hands of General Prayuth.
"The Senate is dismissed. Responsibility for any laws needing the approval of the parliament or Senate will instead be assumed by the leader of the (junta)," said an announcement on national television.
The military tightened its grip on Friday by banning more than 150 prominent figures from leaving the country, and threatening to arrest politicians who disobey its orders.
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was among those who reported to the military junta.
It is understood Ms Yingluck and several former ministers now being detained plan to join the protester-led government.
A source in Ms Yingluck's Puea Thai party told AFP that the former prime minister's exact whereabouts were unknown.
"It is confirmed that she was detained by the military since she reported to the junta yesterday," the source, who was present when Ms Yingluck answered a call to report to the army on Friday, said.
"We are unsure of her whereabouts because the military confiscated her mobile phones and those of her aides."
Military officials say Ms Yingluck will not be held for longer than a week and have made assurances that she will be looked after.
"We provide them good facilities, perhaps even better than the facilities that I or everyone here [has] at the moment," a Thai military official said on Saturday. "Please do not worry."
Number of nations offer to host exiled government: lawye
oyd analysisExpand
The decision was relayed by Mr Thaksin's legal adviser, Robert Amsterdam, and revealed exclusively by the ABC.
The announcement comes amid reports that coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha will remain at the head of a junta beyond his scheduled retirement in September, according to the Bangkok Post.
General Prayuth has assumed the powers to act as prime minister; except Section 2, which acknowledges that the king is the head of state.
On Saturday night the military junta disbanded the country's Senate and placed all law-making responsibility in the hands of General Prayuth.
"The Senate is dismissed. Responsibility for any laws needing the approval of the parliament or Senate will instead be assumed by the leader of the (junta)," said an announcement on national television.
The military tightened its grip on Friday by banning more than 150 prominent figures from leaving the country, and threatening to arrest politicians who disobey its orders.
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was among those who reported to the military junta.
It is understood Ms Yingluck and several former ministers now being detained plan to join the protester-led government.
A source in Ms Yingluck's Puea Thai party told AFP that the former prime minister's exact whereabouts were unknown.
"It is confirmed that she was detained by the military since she reported to the junta yesterday," the source, who was present when Ms Yingluck answered a call to report to the army on Friday, said.
"We are unsure of her whereabouts because the military confiscated her mobile phones and those of her aides."
Military officials say Ms Yingluck will not be held for longer than a week and have made assurances that she will be looked after.
"We provide them good facilities, perhaps even better than the facilities that I or everyone here [has] at the moment," a Thai military official said on Saturday. "Please do not worry."
Number of nations offer to host exiled government: lawye
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