Coup leader calls for emergency powers

A request by the chief of the military junta, General Sonthi Boonyaratglinhas asked for emergency rule to be declared in Bangkok to crack down on anti-coup protesters.
Anti-coup protesters have been holding weekly rallies against the military government, attracting a small but growing crowd that reached 2,000 people last Friday.
The protests was pretty peaceful, but General Sonthi said he was afraid the protest movement could gather steam, much like the mass street demonstrations last year that eventually led to the coup against the Thaksin Shinawatra the Prime Minister former.