Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been forced to defend a deal to buy eight more KAI T-50TH advanced jet trainers from South Korea.
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By Korea Aerospace Industries (T-50 Golden Eagle Demo flight) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
His government has come under criticisms for splurging taxpayers’ money on the deal which is worth $260 million.
One of the critics, Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association to Protect the Thai Constitution, said he plans to challenge the purchase in court unless the government delays the process.