Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?
Explainer: A tangle of legal and ethical issues surrounds MPs and alleged forest encroachment
The move to permanently ban Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt from politics last week for encroaching on protected forest tracts in Ratchaburi has sparked a debate on whether the punishment was appropriate for the crime, as she has yet to be convicted…