AKIPRESS.COM - Thai police have arrested a prominent anti-coup activist for violating an order to report to the ruling junta.

Sombat Boonngamanong, who led an online campaign organising rallies against the coup, was arrested late on Thursday in the eastern Chonburi province.

Hundreds were detained after the coup, but most have since been freed, BBC said.

Meanwhile, corruption investigators have widened their inquiry into former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, investigating her private assets.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission's investigation is connected to a rice-subsidy scheme in which the government bought rice from farmers at above-market prices to boost rural incomes.

The commission had already indicted Ms Yingluck over charges of dereliction of duty, saying that she failed to heed advice that the scheme was potentially wasteful and prone to corruption.

The body has made several rulings against Ms Yingluck and her government, which her supporters suspect was part of a conspiracy to oust her from office last month.

Ms Yingluck was detained last month at an undisclosed location as leaders of Thursday's military coup tightened their grip on power.