DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said Tuesday (Apr. 2) unconfirmed hearsay of deposed Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra being named a special envoy for Myanmar attached to the United Nations Secretary-General’s Office might only be an April Fools’ Day prank.

 

Parnpree was responding to a news report published yesterday – April Fools’ Day – by Irrawaddy news website that Yingluck has been named a UN special envoy for Myanmar though the deposed Thai woman prime minister herself has not been aware of it. He said the questionable news report is yet to be officially confirmed by the UN Secretary General’s Office and doubted it would be found to be truthful.

 

According to the Pheu Thai-attached deputy prime minister-cum-foreign minister, the Yingluck story, albeit unconfirmed for the time being, would almost certainly lie beyond Bangkok’s diplomatic concerns and by no means involve Thailand as a whole since the deposed prime minister is by no means part of the current Pheu Thai-led government.

 

Myanmar government spokesperson Zaw Min Tun was quoted by the Chiang Mai-based news website as saying he would welcome the unconfirmed rumours of Yingluck being named a UN special envoy for Myanmar as “great news” for the junta-ruled Naypyidaw.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

TOP: Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara, left, and former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, right. Photo: Thai Rath

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-04-03

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

might only be an April Fools’ Day prank.

Sorta like claiming all foreigners will need to wear masks, 'eh? 

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

"Oh what a tangled web we weave......"

7 hours ago, webfact said:

unconfirmed hearsay

I'm confused. Unconfirmed hearsay as opposed to confirmed hearsay? Who writes this rubbish? Do editors still exist in this wonderful new world of ours.

3 hours ago, connda said:

Sorta like claiming all foreigners will need to wear masks, 'eh? 

So I did not need to wear one..