“We lose the opportunity to stand gracefully among world communities every time we have a coup,” she said.

Yingluck’s elder brother, the fugitive ex-premier Thaksin, was toppled by a coup on September 19, 2006.

Yingluck said her Pheu Thai government was overthrown in the 2014.

Acting Pheu Thai secretary general Phumtham Wechayachai said throughout the past 10 years Thai society had been divided and the country’s principles distorted.

He said the coup was a victory over democracy and justice.

“I still have hope and wait for the day democracy, justice and better living return to the country,” he said.