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Yutthasak warns of compo extortion

Published: 25 Apr 2012 at 14.26
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A group of people have visited families of victims of insurgency violence in the South and demanded from them 20 per cent of the compensation to be paid by the government, Deputy Prime Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa said on Wednesday.

Gen Yutthasak said he learned of this during his visit to talk to people in the three southernmost border provinces last week.

Gen Yutthasak Sasiprapa

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pquinlan
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Discussion 4 : 26 Apr 2012 at 11.384
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Absolutely bog-standard operating procedure in Thailand. These people were probably representatives of police, army, politicians or other well known Thai gangs.
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Discussion 3 : 25 Apr 2012 at 21.293
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I guess when this government is in doubt just throw taxpayers money at it and hope the problem goes away .Not a very mature way of dealing with your problems .
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Discussion 2 : 25 Apr 2012 at 16.112
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After the PTP cabinet members pocket another 50% it will not be much left for the families in the South.
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Discussion 1 : 25 Apr 2012 at 16.071
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Greed has really no limits at all.
The next will be that insurgents offer protection to those families against payment of a certain amount of money.
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