BANGKOK: An order by Thailand’s junta giving sweeping police powers to soldiers is part of the “steady erosion of human rights protections”, campaigners said Tuesday, calling for the law to be rescinded.
Last week the junta government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha issued an executive order awarding all soldiers ranked sub-lieutenant or higher the power to detain suspects for up to a week for a raft of different crimes.
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