Good news on the tackling of corruption, bad news on the anti-democratic takeover of power.
Just because the legitimately-elected Prime Minister has shown himself to be disagreeable, it is not acceptable to keep quite when a group of men in crisp uniforms!
The Thai king bowed to what he thought was the inevitable and showed himself to be missing backbone in support of democracy.
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
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Thailand's new military government says it has set up a commission to investigate claims of corruption under ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
The nine newly-appointed investigators will begin their work on Monday.
Government corruption was one of the reasons given by the military for its coup d'etat on Tuesday.
Earlier this year, suspected financial wrongdoing over the sale of Mr Thaksin's telecom empire sparked mass protests against the government.
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