Young member of the Shinawatra clan told supporters on Wednesday that coups had hurt everyone. She should know, her father was deposed in that way
Her father was ousted by a military coup in 2006. Her aunt was forced from power in 2014. Now 36-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the latest member of the influential political family to run to become Thailand’s next leader.
At a rally in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok, on Wednesday night, Paetongtarn, known as Ung Ing, was officially announced as one of three prime ministerial candidates in May’s election for Pheu Thai, the party associated with her hugely popular but divisive father, Thaksin Shinawatra.
