THAILAND

As elections loom, Prayut gets cosy with old political clans

AFP, Published on 07/05/2018

» 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 Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is cosying up to "influential figures", a group he vowed to expunge from politics with his coup four years ago.