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grantcart

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4. They were part of the Shinnawatra crime family

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #2)

Thu May 24, 2018, 10:25 PM

May 2018

It spread to the wife of the crown Prince (now king), police, politicians.

The army has been very effective in cleaning out corruption (including forcing the crown Prince to divorce his then wife and her relatives that took over the police)

There have always been corrupt monks unfortunately but this time it included a massive money laundering scheme that involved stealing hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Thailand arrests senior monks to clean up Buddhism [View all] left-of-center2012 May 2018 OP

Combine money and influence with a lack of oversight and sooner or later The Polack MSgt May 2018 #1

Wow, even the Buddhist's are corrupt? This is so sad. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #2

I'm a little surprised left-of-center2012 May 2018 #3

They were part of the Shinnawatra crime family grantcart May 2018 #4