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9,000 people face tourism subsidy fraud charges

National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, centre, chairs a press conference on action against the embezzlement of the We Travel Together subsidy scheme, at the Royal Thai Police Office in Bangkok on Wednesday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)

Police will prosecute about 9,000 people who allegedly conspired with hoteliers and shop owners to defraud the We Travel Together stimulus scheme, the national police chief said on Wednesday.

Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, commissioner of the Royal Thai Police Office, held a press conference after Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police raided two hotels and numerous shops in Chaiyaphum and Phuket provinces on Wednesday morning in a move against widespread embezzlement of government funds through abuse of the We Travel Together scheme.

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