Questions have been raised over Thai prime minister’s appointment of Nalinee Taveesin to Cabinet, who counts Zimbabwe’s president as a friend.

Thailand’s premier has defended her appointment of a Cabinet minister on a US blacklist owing to alleged business links to President Robert Mugabe.

Thailand’s Yingluck Shinawatra has had to defend Cabinet minister Nalinee Taveesin, who has been blacklisted by the US for her links to Robert Mugabe.