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Palang Pracharath MP Pareena banned from politics for life

Then-Palang Pracharath Party MP Pareena Kraikupt appears at the Criminal Court in Bangkok after giving evidence in a case against the Future Forward Party on Feb 17, 2020. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to ban Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt from politics for life over her use of land in a forest reserve in her home province of Ratchaburi.

The court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions said she had severely violated political ethics as an MP by her possession of state land, which posed a conflict between personal and the public interest.

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