“Thailand’s self-appointed military rulers arrested their opponents, banned political meetings and prohibited television stations from broadcasting text messages from viewers yesterday, as the newly formed junta consolidated the success of Tuesday’s lightning coup,”the Times reports.”General Sondhi summoned newspaper editors and television managers to spell out the new conditions under which they can operate — reporting of ‘public opinion’ is discouraged, including text messages from viewers that Thai television stations display in the form of a ‘ticker’ at the bottom of screens”.

Arrests and censorship as generals brook no opposition