Coup rumors were widely spread Tuesday night after the Third and Fifth
Army areas moved their four battalions out, a military source told Xinhua.
But officers from the two-army areas said the forces were moved to be
stationed in the three southern border provinces as part of personnel rotation
there.
The 31st Infantry Regimen also moved out its personnel as part of the
rotation with soldiers in the deep South, officers was quoted by the Thai
multimedia group the Nation as saying.
The 23rd and 24th Cavalry Battalions and the Second Cavalry Division also
moved out their personnel to rotate with soldiers at the Pha Muang Task Force in
Phetchabun Province, reports said.
Some officers said the massive movements of the soldiers apparently led to
the coup rumors, said the Nation.
