THE STAR – Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha ordered a clampdown on drugs and a greater focus on rehabilitating addicts, after a mass killing that left 37 people dead sparked calls for tougher policies. Prayut made drug suppression an urgent national agenda item and ordered police to proactively crack down on illicit substances to restore […]
ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Prayut Chan-o-cha resumed official duties as Thailand’s prime minister yesterday after the country’s top court lifted a five-week suspension and settled in his favour a dispute surrounding his term limits. The 68-year-old premier attended a meeting to review the flood situation in some parts of the country yesterday and met with […]
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (AFP; pic below) resumed office yesterday after the country’s constitutional court ruled that he has not exceeded his eight-year term limit. The former army chief, who came to power in a 2014 military coup, was suspended last month while the court examined a legal challenge mounted by […]
THE STAR – General Prayut Chan-o-cha told the Defence Council not to worry about him being suspended as prime minister and urged everyone to focus on their duties. Despite pressure for him to also give up his Defence Ministry post, Prayut attended the Defence Council meeting on Thursday remotely via video teleconferencing. “The issue of […]