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That's the crime, or one of them anyway. Our sleuth is a low-grade Bangkok detective named Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Jitpleecheep is a devout Buddhist, and his firm belief in reincarnation and the transience of the physical world colors every aspect of his investigation. "We do not look on death the way you do, farang," he tells us, using the Thai word for foreigner. "Would you be sorry about a sunset?" Jitpleecheep is also half American and half Thai, which makes him uniquely qualified to understand both the tourists lured by the promise of sex, money, drugs and contraband jade...
...twins, last week became the second youngest players to compete in the LPGA. Johnny and Luther Htoo (3), mystical preteen rebel leaders, who live in hiding along the Burmese-Thai border, made headlines this winter when their militia turned a Thai hospital into a giant hostage ward. Sonchat and Sonchai Ratiwatana, tennis-doubles champs, got to the finals in this month's Malaysian International Junior tourney. And according to the Bangkok Post, identical twins Suchart and Suchai Jaovisidha (4) will retire this year from their respective posts as Thailand's directors general of revenue and internal trade...
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