BANGKOK – Thailand’s prime minister has asked the king for formal approval to lift martial law, which the military imposed ahead of a coup last May that overturned an elected government. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the former army commander, has been under pressure to scrap martial law, which placed the military in charge of public security nationwide and has been criticized as a deterrent to tourists and foreign investors. He said he would replace martial law with Article 44 of the junta-imposed interim constitution, which critics say is more draconian than martial law and essentially grants Prayuth absolute power.

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