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Thai King endorses new constitution

By Xinhua

Bangkok : The King of Thailand has endorsed the country’s new constitution, president of the Constitution Drafting Assembly Noranit Settabutr said at a press conference here Friday.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej signed the 2007 Constitution after Noranit and Meechai Ruechupan, President of National Legislative Assembly, submitted the new charter to the monarch for royal endorsement at the King’s Bangkok residence Chitlarada Palace.

The new constitution draft won public approval by a 57.81 percent margin in the country’s first national referendum Aug 19.