School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Lee Jones, Thai PM visits UK

18 June 2018

Dr Lee Jones spoke to BBC Thailand about the visit of Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, to the UK. He said: “I suspect the government believes that hosting Prayuth provides an avenue to raise concerns about the glacial pace of his so-called ‘reforms’ and push for elections at the earliest opportunity. Prayuth, on the other hand, presumably sees his European tour as a way to position himself as a sort of Thai version of Egypt’s General al Sisi, who can transition from military dictator to ‘elected’ prime minister and be seen by external powers as a ‘safe pair of hands’ – which he is anything but.”
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Dr Jones was also quoted in VOACambodia in an article titled ‘US sanctions Cambodian General over human rights abuses’