Pork cuts are shown with price tags at Simummuang wet market in Pathum Thani province. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)
The Pheu Thai Party has vowed to grill the government over its alleged cover-up of an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in the country and said it will also ask the anti-graft agency to investigate.
In a statement, the main opposition party raised suspicion that the government knew there was an ASF outbreak in the country — suspected to have started in 2020 — but made efforts to conceal this from the public.
Pheu Thai based its accusation on the huge numbers of dead pigs in the country, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives’ request for over 500 million baht to…
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