S44 to speed up high-speed train
Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will use his special power as the junta chief to speed up the long-delayed Thai-Chinese railway project. He insisted his planned issuance of the all-powerful Section 44 of the interim charter to clear legal hurdles in the Thai-Sino rail project is not a special favour to China but for Thailand’s benefit.
He said that it is necessary to invoke Section 44 to ensure projects delayed due to technical glitches move ahead.
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