Pichai Naripthaphan

Pichai Naripthaphan (Thai: พิชัย นริพทะพันธุ์) is a Thai businessman and politician, serving as Minister of Commerce since 2024. Under his leadership, the Ministry has announced plans to address the influx of goods from imported from China in the Thai market.

Pichai was summoned by the NCPO for 10 times and was taken into the ‘attitude adjustment’ process for 8 times. He has faced a variant of intimidations, ranging from the incidents that he was taken into military camps, was blindfolded, was taken to the abandoned building as well as the incident that he was visited by the military officers at his place as an expected consequence from his comments on country’s economic situation under the rule of military government given through the press and his Facebook page which receives hundred thousand of followers.