Word: yongchaiyudh
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...time in three years, replacing, among others, ministers and key personnel in charge of the south. In the latest reshuffle, Thaksin appointed a new Defense Minister, General Sanphan Boonyanan, and a new military chief for the south, General Sirichai Thanyasari. Thaksin also sidelined his Deputy Prime Minister, General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, who had previously overseen the region. Local newspapers say the removal of Chavalit and the naming of Sanphan and Sirichai, two relative unknowns, suggests the Prime Minister now intends to adopt a more hands-on role to sorting out the south...
...gates of his family's suburban Bangkok compound roll open so police commandos can search it for the third time, Chalerm Yubamrung is smoking a fat Cuban cigar and complaining about the assaults on his dignity. Chalerm, a former police captain and now a member of Defense Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's New Aspiration Party, has done miraculously well on a public servant's salary. He and his three sons live in a 2.5-hectare, 14-building estate complete with its own football field. Back in 1991, the last military government charged Chalerm and several politicians with being "unusually rich...
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