Police

Former Phuket Official Accused Of Illegal Land Dealing

Former Phuket administrative chief Rungruang Thimabut faces extortion charges after investigators linked him to an alleged money trail connecting to a separate bribery case involving local government recruitment exams in Southern Thailand.

30 Jun The Phuket News

PHUKET: Former Phuket Provincial Palad (Chief Administrative Officer) Rungruang Thimabut has now been accused of extortion following a multi-agency investigation that uncovered an alleged money trail in an extortion case in Phuket to a separate local government recruitment exam bribery case in Southern Thailand.

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