Pornpimol Kanchanalak attends the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore on June 11, 2022. / Flickr
By Bertil Lintner 30 June 2022
At a meeting with security officials in Singapore last month, US Department of State Counselor Derek Chollet said what most international observers think when he stated that there is “no chance” that elections, which Myanmar’s junta has pledged to hold next year, will be free and fair. On the contrary, he said, “it can be an attempt to just manipulate the region, the international community.” But a notable exception is Pornpimol “Pauline” Kanchanalak, Thailand’s newly…
