Thaksin's main deputy in Thai army custody

BANGKOK, Sep 20: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawtra's main deputy, Chidchai Vanasatidya, is in army custody after a military coup, a senior general said today.

Thaksin's chief of staff, Prommin Lertsuridej, had also been ''invited to stay'' at Army Headquarters since late yesterday, a major-general involved in the coup told Reuters.

Reuters