Thai ex-PM Thaksin's party elects new leader after daughter's exit


Julapun Amornvivat has been elected as the new Pheu Thai leader. - Photo: The Nation Thailand/ANN

BANGKOK (AFP): One of Thailand's largest political parties, founded by ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, elected a new leader on Friday, the party said, following the resignation of his daughter, the former prime minister.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 39, stepped down as Pheu Thai party chief last week after a court removed her as prime minister in August over an ethics breach linked to a border dispute with Cambodia.

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