BANGKOK: Thailand's coup leader will receive royal appointment on Monday as head of the military junta that overthrew the civilian government, the army said.
Army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who seized power four days earlier and has assumed extensive powers over the Southeast Asian nation of 67 million, will formally be appointed in a ceremony in Bangkok.
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