Thailand’s PM candidate front runner Paetongtarn delivers baby boy two weeks before election

Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre), daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and leading PM Candidate has given birth to a baby boy just two weeks away from the elections. - Reuters

BANGKOK, May 1 (The Straits Times/ANN): Front runner candidate for Thailand’s top post, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, gave birth to her second child on Monday, two weeks before the country’s May 14 election.

Announcing the news on social media in the morning, the 36-year-old posted a photo of herself, her husband and the baby boy named Prutthasin Sooksawas. The photo looked like it was taken soon after the birth.