Word: chaisit
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...violence that Thaksin's critics say has been exacerbated by his administration's heavy-handed military response to unrest, which won international notoriety when 78 people died in police custody after being arrested in Oct. 2004. Opponents condemn Thaksin's placement of relatives in key positions-his cousin, General Chaisit Shinawatra, was first made army chief and then the military's supreme commander, and his brother-in-law Priawpan Damapong serves as deputy chief of the national police. And long-running allegations of corruption in a contract to supply baggage scanners at Bangkok's new airport continue to haunt...
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