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Special report: Army coup in Thailand

    BEIJING, Sept. 25 -- Thailand's military say an new interim civilian government will be in place soon. Four days after they ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, all eyes are on the military leaders to see if they fulfill their pledge to pick an interim leader within two weeks - to oversee political reforms and eventual elections.

    Tanks continued to surround the Thai capital on Sunday -- four days after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in a bloodless coup.

    The coup met with no resistance, and was generally welcomed by the public.

    On Sunday, the military authorities announced that they may be able to nominate an interim Prime Minister as early as this week.

    Half a dozen highly-regarded figures have been cited by diplomats and the local press as possible candidates for the job.

    These include lawyers, technocrats, and a United Nations agency chief,

    All those mooted are regarded as corruption-free and either politically neutral, or on record as having opposed Thaksin's government.

    Thailand's military authorities, which seized power last week, announced late yesterday that it's setting up a special panel to probe corruption in the former government.

    The panel will be empowered to seize assets which have been acquired through illegal means.

    Parnthep Klanarongran, Chief of National Counter Corruption Commission said, "There's no one particular case that we'll be focusing on. We'll work under the power of the anti-corruption commission in every case, especially the ones that caused serious damage to the country."

    Thaksin was in New York when the coup was carried out, and is now in London...

    The military leaders say Thaksin is welcome to return to Thailand, but that he could have to face charges in some cases already filed. These charges include election fraud.

    The coup is Thailand's eighteenth since it became a constitutional monarchy in 1932 - but it's the first in fifteen years.

(Source: CCTV.com)