Senator warns of libel suit as angry netizens call for boycott of their businesses


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The hashtag #ธุรกิจสว, meaning #BusinessesofThaiSenators has been trending on Twitter as netizens expressed their anger against the 250 junta-appointed senators.

In Thursday’s (July 13) election for prime minister, 13 senators voted for the lone candidate, Pita Limjaroenrat (pic) of the Move Forward Party, 39 voted against him, 159 abstained, while one senator had resigned just a day before the voting for PM.

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