Prayuth tells military meeting he sacrificed himself to seize power
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Coup leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha told a military meeting in the aftermath of the coup that he had to make sacrifice to seize power for the sake of national interests.
The meeting was held at 9 am in the First Infantry Regiment to monitor the situation after the coup. It was attended by Supreme Commander Gen Thanasak Patimaprakorn, commanders-in-chief of the Navy and Air Force and, First Army Area Commander Lt Gen Thirachai Nakwanit and other senior military officials.
The commanders of the Second, Third and Fourth Army areas also joined the meeting through a press conference.
Prayuth told the meeting that he decided to seize power because the conflicts could not be solved.
He insisted that the King had nothing to do with the power seizure.
The Nation
