Thai opposition figure says government aims to silence him on vaccine

  • 📰 Reuters
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 16 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Qulity Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 97%

A banned Thai opposition politician, who is facing a criminal complaint of defaming the monarchy, defended on Thursday his criticism of the government's coronavirus vaccine strategy that relies on a company owned by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

BANGKOK - A banned Thai opposition politician, who is facing a criminal complaint of defaming the monarchy, defended on Thursday his criticism of the government’s coronavirus vaccine strategy that relies on a company owned by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

The Thai company is owned by the Crown Property Bureau, the organisation that manages tens of billions of dollars in investment under the king’s personal control. Thanathorn had alleged the AstraZeneca deal lacked transparency and Siam Bioscience was given an unfair advantage over other companies.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 2. in US
 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

What is incredible in this article In these modern times we still have absolute monarchies. This clearly demonstrates the beauty of democracy and why we have to fight to keep it alive . Democracy not perfect 👌 has its own failures but still a far better method of government

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.