Bangkok: Thailand’s new civilian government will retain the power to arbitrarily detain critics despite the imminent easing
of junta-era security controls, prompting warnings from rights groups of enduring “martial law”.Nearly 2,000 people have been tried in military courts since now-prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seized power in a 2014 coup.
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