Her funeral rites will take place from Tuesday, with the cremation set for May 24. According to a close family member, Pimpa was rushed to a nearby hospital on Sunday after complaining of heaviness in the chest. However, Pimpa yesterday succumbed to kidney failure due to poor blood circulation after the cardiac arrest. As a member of the executive board of the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2007, Pimpa was banned from politics for five years. When Thai Rak Thai was dissolved in 2013, Pimpa joined the Democrat Party and had remained a member ever since.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 14, 2018 10:52 UTC