Thai Ruling-Party Fissures Threaten Premier

Prayuth strains to keep rivals at bay

By: Pithaya Pookaman

Rivalries have broken out among the leaders of Thailand’s ruling Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP) to the point where the fissures threaten the reign of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who in early September barely survived a third censure debate, reportedly with the aid of last-minute cash handouts to avert a coup by dissidents in his…