As elections loom, Thai leader gets cosy with old political clans

May 07, 2018 3:39 PM

BURIRAM, THAILAND (AFP) – The sons of a convicted murderer, a rural “don” who has spun a fortune from football and gun-loving provincial bigwigs – as elections near, Thai junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha is cosying up to “influential figures”, a group he vowed to expunge from politics with his coup four years ago.

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