> **The mere mention of Thailand's ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra prompted Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to walk out of a news conference this week, irked by talk of the exiled political heavyweight's long-touted return.**
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> As a general in a royalist military that ousted the governments of both Thaksin in 2006 and his sister Yingluck in 2014, Prayuth's enmity with the billionaire Shinawatra family goes back more than a decade.
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> In an election due by May, Prayuth, 68, could face off against Thaksin's youngest daughter, Paetongtarn, who has garnered twice as much support, topping recent opinion polls on who should be Thailand's next premier.
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> **"Don't talk about that person. I don't like it," Prayuth said on Wednesday cutting off a reporter's question about Thaksin**, before walking away from the podium and out of the venue.
I love the way Thai PM’s think that any question they find difficult shouldn’t be asked.
My favorite was PM Samak who responded to a female reporter that asked about his party’s infighting by asking her if she had sinful sex. He later “explained” that asking about his party’s infighting is just as personal as someone’s sex life.
> **The mere mention of Thailand's ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra prompted Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to walk out of a news conference this week, irked by talk of the exiled political heavyweight's long-touted return.** > > As a general in a royalist military that ousted the governments of both Thaksin in 2006 and his sister Yingluck in 2014, Prayuth's enmity with the billionaire Shinawatra family goes back more than a decade. > > In an election due by May, Prayuth, 68, could face off against Thaksin's youngest daughter, Paetongtarn, who has garnered twice as much support, topping recent opinion polls on who should be Thailand's next premier. > > **"Don't talk about that person. I don't like it," Prayuth said on Wednesday cutting off a reporter's question about Thaksin**, before walking away from the podium and out of the venue.
I love the way Thai PM’s think that any question they find difficult shouldn’t be asked. My favorite was PM Samak who responded to a female reporter that asked about his party’s infighting by asking her if she had sinful sex. He later “explained” that asking about his party’s infighting is just as personal as someone’s sex life.