KHON KAEN: A total of 697 people in Nong Rua district, most of them elderly and non-users of smartphones, are believed the victims of a fraud perpetrated by three teachers to steal government handouts to people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
There are 500 from Ban Yang Kham in tambon Yang Kham and 197 from Ban Nong Phue in tambon Nong Phue, both of Nong Rua district.
They gathered at the community hall of Ban Yang Kham on Tuesday morning to all sign a petition to the Damrongtham Centre of Nong Rua district.
They said they had been offered 200 baht each by three teachers, identified only as Khru Or, Khru Dieo and…