PUBLISHED : 21 Sep 2023 at 04:28
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s daughter paid her own fare to travel on the same government-charter flight as the premier to New York, according to government spokesman Chai Wacharonke.
Ms Chananya Thavisin covered the full fare herself to be on the Thai Airways International charter flight which took her father on an official trip to attend the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in New York from Sept 18-24.
The spokesman was responding to recent calls by political activist, Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, for opposition lawmakers and the House Committee on Anti-corruption and Misconduct to look into why the chartered flight was exorbitantly priced.
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