
In Thailand, the military gave permission to go abroad for the first time after a coup d'etat . The military representative said that the request was approved because the ex-prime minister behaved with restraint after her government was resigned on May 22. According to reports, the ex-head of the Cabinet of Ministers this week will go to the capital of France Paris to celebrate the birthday of his older brother, also the former Prime Minister Thailand Taxin Chinavat, reports the Air Force .
The military in May seized power after several months of anti -government protests in Bangkok, in which at least 28 people died.
Taxin Chinavat, who will turn 65 on July 26, was, like a sister, was removed from power as a result of a coup in 2006. The Thai Supreme Court in 2009 in absentia sentenced him to two years in prison on charges of corruption. The politician after the coup lives abroad.
According to representatives of the military junta, Yinglak Chinavat asked permission to go to Europe from July 20 to August 10. The deputy spokesman for the Thailand of the Thailand, Colonel Vinthey Suri, reported that the permission was received, since the ex-Prime Minister did not violate any orders of the National Council to maintain peace and order (NSPMP), to which the authorities were transferred in May, including the ban on policy, and readily went on to cooperation.
Yinglak Chinavat was detained on May 24, but the very next day she was released , imposing a ban on politics. She was also forbidden to occupy any government posts and is ordered to request a special permission from the military if she wants to go abroad. In addition to the prime minister, the military junta also detained the former deputy prime minister of Prick Promnok and more than 100 political and public figures. Later they were released.
Earlier, Yinglak Chinavat was charged with the fact that she, holding the post of chairman of the National Commission for Rice Policy, "connected the branched corruption" during the execution of the government pledge program. Meanwhile, the military reported that the elections would not be held until October 2015.