BANGKOK, 20 May 2014, (NNT) – The Royal Thai Army has imposed martial law and terminated the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO), pulling all the center’s forces to the newly established Center for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES).

The Army early this morning declared martial law throughout the nation, shortly before it released its second announcement establishing the CRES in place of the CAPO.

Both announcements, signed by Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, have invoked Sections 2 and 6 of the Martial Law, B.E. 2457, with the following effects: First, the Center for Resolution of Emergency Situation or CRES shall be established, with the army chief acting as its director.

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