Thepthai Senapong (; ; nickname: Kuk; RTGS: คึก Khuek) is a Thai Democrat Party politician who former representative

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in the

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Political role and imprisonment

Senapong became the first MP from the 2005 general election and has since been MP since 2005. In 2009 he previously served as private spokesman for

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. Between 2012 and 2014 and some of the mid-2016 he was a TV presenter for politics talk show ''Sai Lor Fah'' (สายล่อฟ้า, lit: "lightning rod"), a TV program on BLUESKY Channel (renamed to Fahwonmai after 2014 coup d'état) on Mondays to Fridays at 07:00 to 8:00 p.m. with fellow politicians the same party are

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and Chavanont Intarakomalyasut. He served as deputy secretary-general of the Democrat Party between 2013 and 2018. In the election on March 24, 2019, he was a candidate for election in Nakhon Si Thammarat (constituency three:

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, Chaloem Phra Kiat,

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). Senapong was elected, but in early 2021 was impeached by a resolution of the

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for election fraud. He was sentenced to two years in prison in July 2022 by the

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for fraud in a local election in which his brother, Manote Senapong, was a candidate in 2017. He is accused of organizing a banquet to influence the vote for Manote. After serving 18 months in prison, in October 2023 he was released along with Manote. The condition is to wear an EM bracelet on the ankle and report to correctional officers according to the specified criteria. After being released from prison. He announced his involvement in politics and turned himself into a political commentator through his own YouTube channel and Facebook.

Personal life

Senapong is of

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descent. He also has Tunisian ancestry from his maternal grandfather. He graduated from Faculty of Law,

Ramkhamhaeng University Ramkhamhaeng University (RU; , ) is Thailand's largest public university. It was named in honour of King Ramkhamhaeng, one of the 5 children of Por Khun Sri-Intharathitaya and Nang Sueng, who was believed to have created the Thai alphabet and ...

, and a master's degree from

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(NIDA). While being a student at Ramkhamhaeng University, he used to be an unlicensed

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for unearned income. In addition, He is also a singer and songwriter. He had previously recorded many songs officially. Even though Senapong is not a professional singer.

References

External links

Official twitter
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