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Lib Dem MP Mark Oaten has spoken of his alarm at being caught up in the military coup in Thailand.
Mr Oaten shunned this week's Lib Dem conference in Brighton in favour of a get-away-from-it-all holiday with his wife to mark their wedding anniversary.

But instead of a relaxing trip to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Phuket they ran into the trouble with the coup in Thailand.