Prompong said the rumours were spread to create confusion for political interest. 
	Words have spread among members of social networks that Chalerm died of symptom from swelling brain at 9 am Thursday. 
	Prompong and he had visited the labour minister and found that he was still strong and he called Chalerm&rsquo;s aides, who said the minister would be discharged from the hospital at 6 pm Thursday.

	The Nation

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Pheu Thai dismisses Chalerm's death rumors

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