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Bangkok Post – Crusader Srisuwan faces extortion charge

Civil servant says prolific petitioner demanded money in exchange for dropping corruption allegation

Police arrest political activist Srisuwan Janya at his house in Lam Luk Ka district of Pathum Thani on Friday. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

Srisuwan Janya, the country’s most prolific petitioner, has been arrested on a charge that he and two others tried to extort money from a senior civil servant in exchange for dropping a corruption allegation against him.

The arrest on Friday followed a sting operation at Mr Srisuwan’s house in Pathum Thani, police said. It…

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