Thai PM resumes duties after court lifts five-week suspension

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha walks at the Interior Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand on Oct 3, 2022. - Reuters

BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Prayut Chan-O-Cha resumed official duties as Thailand’s prime minister on Monday (Oct 3) after the country’s top court lifted a five-week suspension and settled in his favour a dispute surrounding his term limits.

The 68-year-old premier attended a meeting to review the flood situation in some parts of the country on Monday and is scheduled to meet with a couple of foreign envoys later in the afternoon. He will visit the flood-ravaged rural northeast on Tuesday, according to his office.