Word: khunpleum
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...SENTENCED. SOMCHAI KHUNPLEUM, also known as Kamnan Poh, reputedly Thailand's most powerful crime boss; to 25 years in prison for ordering the murder of a rival; in Bangkok. A former mayor who was courted by politicians and feared by criminals and cops alike, Somchai was long thought to be beyond the reach of the law. "I used to have rivals," he once told an interviewer, "but they all died." Freed on $250,000 bail, Somchai plans to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court...
...cellars. His entourage, a collection of cronies and political allies for whom Thaksin has been criticized, is gathered around him at other low tables. For a putative reformist, he has surrounded himself with numerous politicians associated with corruption-tainted governments from the past. Suwit Khunkitti, Shucheep Harnsawad and Sonthaya Khunpleum are seated nearby, keeping a wary eye on Thaksin as if he might wander away, leaving them once again out of power...
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