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Prayut downplays Bhumjaithai threat to quit govt

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (centre) listens to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (right) at a press conference at Government House, Bangkok, on Feb 11, 2022. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu, Bangkok Post)

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has brushed aside a Bhumjaithai member's threat that the party will leave the coalition, if the government refuses to support the bill promoting cannabis as a cash crop.

Gen Prayut said on Monday that the government is doing everything in its power to have the bill debated in parliament.

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