Thailand’s Defence Ministry is calling ‘fake news’ on rumours that a former PM’s son is part of a yakuza gang after he was arrested in the US this month on suspicion of trafficking in drugs and weapons. The gang members were arrested for trafficking heroin and methamphetamine while trying to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, according to Voice of America.
Rumours had spread that one man arrested, Suksan Chulanan, was the son of former PM General Surayud Chulanont (Surayud was the Thai PM and head of Thailand’s interim government between 2006 and 2008, and currently Privy Councillor to King Vajiralongkorn).
A Defence Ministry spokesman said Suksan was neither Surayud’s son or a soldier, and has nothing to do with the person arrested, also called Suksan. The spokesman, General Kongcheep Tantravanich, also claimed that fake news was…
