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Senior Thai politician who slapped reporter to be investigated

Thai parliament to investigate Prawit Wongsuwon after he repeatedly hit a journalist as she tried to ask him questions

Thailand’s parliament has said it will investigate a senior politician and former army chief after he was filmed slapping a reporter as she tried to ask him questions.

Prawit Wongsuwon lashed out at a journalist from the public broadcaster ThaiPBS on Friday as she asked him about the appointment of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the kingdom’s new prime minister.

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