Word: bangkok
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...TRAVEL Bangkok: The End of Tuk Tuks...
...TRAVEL Bangkok: The End of Tuk Tuks...
...TRAVEL Bangkok: The End of Tuk Tuks...
...TRAVEL Bangkok: The End of Tuk Tuks...
...Thaksin is used to getting his way, but he found a formidable opponent this time. Purachai's record as an anticorruption fighter and his high-profile "social-order campaign"?which instituted a 2 a.m. curfew and random drug tests at Bangkok's notorious nightclubs?won widespread public support. And when it appeared Thaksin was trying to engineer Purachai's resignation, Thaksin's own political mentor, Chanlong Srimuang, publicly backed the Justice Minister. By Friday, Thaksin backed down, niftily taking credit for keeping Purachai in the government?"He definitely won't quit, I insist"?while also heading off potential divisions...