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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may retire from the army in several years, but he will always be at heart a military man. As such, under his leadership we have seen the growing footprint of soldiers in civilian society. Whenever there are floods, soldiers are deployed to help evacuate people. When the price of vegetables jumped earlier this month, soldiers grew coriander and chillies for distribution. And this week, when 400,000 truck drivers threatened to go on strike, the PM ordered that army trucks be prepared to double as delivery vehicles. Hopefully, that was just a spur of the moment pl…
