Prawit calls for calm at Apiwan funeral rites
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Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan Wednesday urged that the funeral rites of former Pheu Thai MP Col Apiwan Wiriyachai be kept free of politics.
“It is okay for relatives, friends, and people who respect him, to mourn for him [at the funeral] but they will have to abide by the law. But if [the gathering] is about a political agenda and will lead to political chaos, we [the government] will send officials to look over the funeral,” said Prawit.
Prawit responded to an earlier report that former MP of the Pheu Thai Party Sunai Julapongsathorn had urged supporters of Apiwan, who was also a redshirt leader, to pay their respects and mourn the late former deputy House Speaker at his funeral.
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