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Buri Ram woman gets her identity back, after 12 years waiting

Lamyai Thammada, 52, of tambon Salaeng Phan in Buri Ram’s Lam Plai Mat district, shows her delight after learning she will get her ID card back in three days. Her identity has been used by another woman for 12 years. (Photo: Surachai Piragsa)

BURI RAM: A 52-year-old woman in Lam Plai Mat district whose identity card was wrongly issued to another woman 12 years ago is finally getting her name back, along with her lost rights to government assistance.

Lamyai Thammada, of tambon Salaeng Phan, had sought help from local authorities after learning in 2009 that her lost ID card was being used by another person.

Thai media reported she had worked as a hired-hand in other provinces, but in 2009 she wanted to move her name to the house registration of her husband in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Soeng Sang district.

She…

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