Thailand’s Election Committee (EC) swiftly removed a Palang Pracharath Party (PPP) MP candidate from Khon Kaen Community Hall in northeast Thailand when he paraded around the busy hall with a deadly venomous king cobra around his neck during a registration event yesterday.
At 8.30am, MP candidates from all 11 political parties, from the 11 districts of Khon Kaen province, travelled to the provincial community hall to have their documents checked by the EC and draw a number that represents them in the upcoming elections.
Panya Sripanya, an MP candidate for the military-backed PPP representing district 3, brought along two king cobras and three pythons with him to the busy event from King Cobra Village – aka Ban Koke Sa-nga – in Nam Phong district.
When the MP candidate waltzed into the community hall with a king cobra draped around his neck, screams erupted from the more than…
