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Sira sues over campaign mugshot

Former Palang Pracharath MP Sira Jenjaka

Former Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Sira Jenjaka is suing Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat and MFP by-election candidate, Karunpol Thiansuwan, over a campaign picture featuring his image.

Mr Sira, who represented Bangkok’s Constituency 9 until he was stripped of his MP status by the Constitutional Court last year, said he has appointed a lawyer to take legal action against both Mr Pita and Mr Karunpol.

The MFP will field Mr Karunpol as its candidate in the Sunday by-election in Constituency 9, which encompasses Lak Si district and parts of adjacent Chatuchak district.

Mr Sira, whose wife Saralrasmi is a PPRP candidate in the upcoming by-election, said the MFP had doctored his image with an apparent intent to ridicule him.

The MFP, he said,…

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