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Beer-loving MFP lawmaker takes aim at booze duopoly

Progressive liquor bill part of Move Forward agenda to give small business a fairer chance

“I’m not an extremist. I want to drink good beer,” says Taopiphop Limjitrikorn, a Move Forward MP-elect who is one of the main driving forces behind the party’s “progressive alcohol bill”. (Photo: Reuters)

A beer-loving MP-elect once arrested for illegal brewing is hoping the Move Forward Party’s election victory can give him a long-awaited shot at breaking up a 470-billion-baht alcohol duopoly of two of the country’s wealthiest families.

Brewer-turned-politician Taopiphop Limjittrakorn has been fighting to overhaul strict regulations for years, taking on Boon Rawd Brewery and ThaiBev, which…

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