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1d ago The Phuket News

PHUKET: All 226 reserve Volunteer Defense Corps (OrSor) members in Thalang have been suspended from duty and ordered to undergo criminal background checks as authorities widen an investigation into allegations that officials demanded money from people detained at a drug checkpoint.

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