Ex-Prime Minister Yingluck reports to Thai military after coup

By Kocha Olarn and Jethro Mullen, CNN

May 23, 2014 -- Updated 0640 GMT (1440 HKT)

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Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reported Friday to the military junta that took control of the politically unstable Southeast Asian nation in a coup a day earlier.

The Thai military seized power Thursday after months of turmoil that paralyzed much of the government and caused deadly clashes in the streets of Bangkok. The military detained some of the leaders of the country's deeply polarized political factions.

Yingluck, whose government was in power when the unrest began, was removed from office earlier this month by the country's Constitutional Court over the appointments of top security officials.

She arrived Friday at a military compound in Bangkok with one of her sisters, a source close to Yingluck told CNN. The military had on Thursday summoned Yingluck three other members of her politically powerful family to report to authorities Friday.

It has also called on more than 100 other people, including prominent figures on both sides of Thailand's political divide, to come to the Army Club in Bangkok on Friday.

Curfew, media clampdown

Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of the military, has assumed the powers to act as Prime Minister until a new one takes office, the military said in a statement.

How exactly the government will operate remains unclear, given that the military also has thrown out the 2007 constitution, except for Section 2, which acknowledges that the King is the head of state.

The last six months have been marked by large-scale protests, both by those backing Yingluck's government and those opposed to it. There have been periodic outbursts of deadly violence in the streets.

Under the new order, schools will be closed nationwide between Friday and Sunday, the military said. A curfew is in place between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. And all state-run, satellite and cable TV providers have been ordered to carry only the signal of the army's television channel; CNN is among those networks that have been taken off the air.

In a speech hours after the meeting with political party leaders, Prayuth explained that these actions were necessary to restore order and push through needed reforms.

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CNN's Kocha Olarn reported from Bangkok, and Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong. CNN's Paula Hancocks and Greg Botelho contributed to this report.