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Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?

Is lifetime ban not seeing wood for trees?

Explainer: A tangle of legal and ethical issues surrounds MPs and alleged forest encroachment

A file photo shows the closed gate to a chicken farm owned by former MP Pareena Kraikupt. The farm was judged to be on forestland, leading to Ms Pareena being found guilty of an ethical violation by the Supreme Court and banned from politics for life. (Photo: Saichon Srinanjan)

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…

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