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Thailand considers death penalty for officials convicted of graft


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Thai officials convicted in corruption cases involving more than 1 billion baht ($28 million) could face the death penalty under a proposal approved on Monday by the military-appointed National Reform Steering Committee. Analysts say such a stern punishment for all forms of graft was a further way for the ruling junta to control its opponents, including allies of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup. Of the 162 steering committee members present on Monday, 155 voted in favor of the measure.

 

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