WASHINGTON, 17 March 2019 (NNT) – H.E. Virachai Plasai , Thai ambassador to the United States, passed away at the age of 58 on Saturday, according to the Thai Embassy in Washington D.C.

According to the embassy, Virachai had been battling primary bone cancer before succumbing to his illness in the early morning of March 16 (local time).

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Correspondent: Thammarat Thadaphrom
Rewriter: hugh brammar
National News Bureau of Thailand