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Local officials arrested in expanding corruption probe

An official at a local administration organisation, in pink blouse, is questioned by police and anti-corruption officials over alleged embezzlement of funds. (Police supplied / Wassayos Ngamkham)

Five officials from local administrations in five provinces have been arrested for allegedly embezzling more than 23 million baht of local body funds.

The arrests were part of the “Stop Cyber Corruption” operation, which has so far identified about 84 million baht missing from local government funds, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej said on Wednesday.

Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) officers took the five officials into custody from Nakhon Pathom, Saraburi, Chaiyaphum, Si Sa Ket and Nakhon Si…

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