UPDATE 1-Myanmar junta leader asks Thai counterpart for help on democracy
Reuters
2/14/2021
(Updates Wednesday story with Thai foreign ministry comment)
BANGKOK, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who first seized power in a coup, said on Wednesday he had received a letter from Myanmar's new junta leader asking for help to support democracy.
Prayuth, who overthrew an elected prime minister in 2014 and stayed in office after a 2019 election some of his rivals said was badly flawed, told reporters in Bangkok that he had always supported democracy in the neighbouring country. Thailand's government rejected accusations of serious flaws in the Thai election.