Defence Minister Gen Sukampol Suwannathat Monday denied that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had ordered an establishment of a war room to counter any coup attempt.
Sukampol said Yingluck did not order him to set up the war room to direct red-shirt mass rallies against coups.
Sukampol said had he given a secret order to set up a war room, Asia Times would not have learnt about the order.
The Nation