Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Wednesday vowed to support newly-crowned world snooker champion Nutcharut “Mink” Wongharuthai.
Gen Prayut praised the 22-year-old cueist for winning the World Women’s Snooker Championship in Sheffield last week.
During a meeting at Government House, the prime minister thanked the player for giving Thais happiness.
“You created a good story for Thais during this difficult time,” the prime minister said.
Promising that the government would support her, he told the cueist to stay focused in training and studying.
Prayut said the government supports cue sports as well as other disciplines.
Nutcharut earlier called on the…
