Chiang Mai citizenship bust: 20 held over ID cards issued to 5,000 migrants
The Thaiger4h ago1 newsroom
Thai authorities have moved against a scheme that allegedly turned civil-registration records into a production line for fake Thai citizenship. Roughly 5,000 migrants are believed to have obtained ID cards they were never entitled to. Investigators arrested 20 suspects in raids on 35 locations in Chiang Mai, deploying about 200 police and administrative…