UBON RATCHATHANI — Suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra thanked hospital staff for arranging what she called “a deeply healing PR opportunity” during her visit to an injured soldier from the Thai-Cambodian border conflict. “Being seen sympathizing with a wounded conscript really helps people forget I casually insulted the 2nd Army Region Commander and fumbled a call with Hun Sen,” said Paetongtarn, pausing for a ring-light adjustment before retaking a teary selfie with Sgt. Thanapat Huiwan, which her team immediately captioned “💔🇹🇭 #PrayForOurHeroes #PMOnDuty.” While Culture Ministry officials described the meeting as “unofficial,” three staff from crisis consultancy Midas PR Group were seen staging hospital props and coaching Paetongtarn on which facial expressions tested best with swing voters in the Kamphaeng-Sukhothai corridor. “If losing my foot allows the prime minister to use me as a stepladder to get back to increasing her already vast personal fortune, keeps anyone named Shinawatra from seeing the inside of a courtroom, and rescues her aunt from exile, then I wish I had actually knelt on that damn mine,” said Sgt. Thanapat, gamely squeezing her hand for the third take. At press time, her team was torn between deciding whether she should next be filmed bottle-feeding a baby elephant orphaned by logging, or handing out scholarships in her own name to children from a school defunded by her cabinet’s budget cuts—pending analytics on which gesture would outperform in the Northeastern female 45–65 demographic.
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