{"id":1774,"date":"2014-05-20T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2014-05-22T16:56:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T21:56:12","slug":"martial-law-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/martial-law-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Martial Law and Coup in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those of you who are wondering about the declaration of martial law and the coup in Thailand:<\/p>\n

Just as I was getting ready to post a blog to you that told you there was NO coup in Thailand – just a declaration of martial law, I wake up to the following headline in the Bangkok Post:<\/p>\n

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Deadlock forces Prayuth to go for coup
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\nSometime yesterday late afternoon, Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, declared the army takeover of all administrative duties of the government.\u00a0 Red Shirt leaders were arrested and pro-Red TV and radio stations shut down.\u00a0 The move from martial law to coup was swift and without bloodshed.\u00a0 It appears that the impeached former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her husband had already secretly fled the country sometime before the coup was announced.<\/p>\n

General Prayuth had called together both sides of the political divide to try to hammer out a compromise.\u00a0 The caretaker Prime Minister and his cabinet were asked if they would resign to pave the way for an interim government to deflate the conflict.\u00a0 They refused and General Prayuth declared the coup.<\/p>\n

The coup created the worst traffic jam in Bangkok history.\u00a0 That is quite a feat in a city known for its monumental traffic jams.\u00a0 Otherwise, life goes on as usual.<\/p>\n

So much can change overnight.\u00a0 Please pray for all of us who serve King Jesus in this sometimes volatile part of the world.<\/p>\n

All of us are safe and can travel freely as normal.\u00a0 All the real action took place in Bangkok.\u00a0 Our project is in Chiang Mai in the North.<\/p>\n

Please pray for Legacy and peace in this country so we can carry out the Work God has given us.<\/p>\n

In Jesus\u2019 service,<\/p>\n

\"Leon<\/p>\n

T. Leon Sexton<\/p>\n

For more information please see link: http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/politics\/411238\/deadlock-forces-prayuth-to-go-for-coup<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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