Word: purachai
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Thaksin Shinawatra vs. Purachai Piumsombun: Thailand's Prime Minister, left, and its popular Justice Minister faced off after a budget dispute spilled into the headlines. In better days, Thaksin called his Thai Rak Thai colleague (and police-academy classmate) a potential successor. But last week he told a group of generals, "I will have to look for someone else" because Purachai "can't get along with anyone." Purachai claimed the real issue was his refusal to "rubber stamp" an inflated budget request from his permanent secretary, who happens to be Thaksin's brother...
...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...
...Noted "They don't want to see exotic dancers or take drugs. The nightlife is secondary." PURACHAI PIUMSOMBUN, Thai Interior Minister, insisting that his Bangkok antivice campaign will not discourage tourists...
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