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SA KAEO :Cambodian authorities will wait for the Supreme Court's verdict on the charge of corruption against veteran politician Vatana Asavahame before considering whether to take action and send him back to Thailand.
The charge involves Mr Vatana's role in the Klong Dan wastewater treatment project.
Their decision was unveiled by deputy police chief Pol Gen Jongrak Juthanont after a three-hour meeting yesterday with Nest Serey, a Cambodian envoy in Sa Kaeo, and Col Tum Saret, deputy chief of the Cambodian-Thai coordination office.
Thailand needs to request Cambodia to send back Mr Vatana, who was reportedly last seen there, because the two countries have no joint extradition treaty. He is required to appear before the judge, who will read the verdict on August 18.
Mr Vatana owns two casinos in the Cambodian border town of Poi Pet, opposite Aranyaprathet district in Sa Kaeo.
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Monk accused
AMULET SCAM :A victim who was lured to buy Phra Somdej Nua Hua amulets will lodge a complaint with the Criminal Court against Phra Wisutthathibodi, deputy abbot of Wat Suthas Thepwararam temple.
Songkran Atchariyasap, 39, who filed a complaint with police at the Crime Suppression Division yesterday, said the monk would be added to a list of six accused.
Among the suspects is businessman Sitthikorn Boonchim, or Sia Ood, who has been charged by the Department of Special Investigation for falsely claiming the amulets were supported and approved by the Royal Household Bureau.
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Books go missing
EDUCATION :High school textbooks, worth about 23 million baht, have disappeared from a warehouse of the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teacher and Education Personnel.
Officials believe the textbooks, kept in a storehouse at Lat Phrao, were stolen by staff.
Footage from 32 security cameras would help police find the culprits, said Banrue Panuwong, director for teacher and educational staff welfare promotion.
However, Deputy Education Minister Pongsakorn Unnopporn believes the books' disappearance is more likely due to a documentation error, since the storage is guarded by security officers around the clock.
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Adulterated fuel
CRIME :Police have arrested the owners of 15 petrol stations found selling adulterated fuel to motorists.
They were rounded up in the central and upper southern provinces. Adulterating fuel is "more dangerous" than illegal import of oil, police chief Gen Patcharawat Wongsuwan said.
The adulterated fuel is mixed with solvents.
Over the past three years, police have arrested more than 7,000 people for selling illegal fuel, he said.
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Museum gets grant
UDON THANI : The Ban Chiang tambon administration organisation yesterday offered to fund the Ban Chiang museum after a staff shortage forced the attraction to close on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Organisation chief Sumet Khampiman promised a monthly grant of 10,000 baht.
He said the museum should open seven days a week.
Ban Chiang archaeological site is considered the most important prehistoric settlement so far discovered in Southeast Asia.
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