Following the relaxing of a ban on political activities, General Chalermchai Sitthisart warns that social media may be used to spread fake news in the run up to the election.

Born to Myanmar parents, Mong was showered with praise upon his triumphant return from a paper plane contest in Japan in 2009 and assured that Thai citizenship was on its way.

A Thai official said Ko-ee Meeme was granted citizenship because he was born on the ancestral land of Myanmar’s ethnic Karen located in Thailand.