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Govt targets citizenship loopholes

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Police and administrative officers check documents at a raided house in Chai Prakan district, Chiang Mai province, on Aug 26. (Photo: Department of Provincial Administration)
Police and administrative officers check documents at a raided house in Chai Prakan district, Chiang Mai province, on Aug 26. (Photo: Department of Provincial Administration)

The government has ordered a review of Thai nationality application procedures and citizenship granted over the past year as it prepares amendments to the 1965 Nationality Act aimed at closing legal loopholes.

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