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Thai PM candidate Paetongtarn to resume campaign after birth of child

Pheu Thai's leading prime ministerial candidate, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, stands next to an incubator containing her newborn baby Prutthasin Sooksawas, during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

One of Thailand's leading prime ministerial candidates Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Wednesday said she would next week resume campaigning after giving birth a few days ago, and remains confident of a landslide election win.

Paetongtarn, 36, the frontrunner in many opinion polls for the May 14 election, made her first public appearance in a month to unveil her second child Prutthasin, nickname Thasin, who was born on Monday.

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