Political foray by Thaksin’s daughter sparks talk of family return


Paetongtarn's new position in Thailand's largest opposition party, Pheu Thai, is her first public foray into politics. - AP

BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has taken up a post in Thailand's largest opposition party, Pheu Thai, sparking rumours of a Shinawatra family comeback.

This will be Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra's first public foray into politics but analysts were not surprised by her appointment as head of the party's Inclusion and Innovation Advisory Committee, and did not rule out the possibility that she could be put up as a potential candidate for prime minister in the future.

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