BANGKOK - A Thai soldier challenging disciplinary proceedings has dragged military corruption back into the national spotlight, just four months after the kingdom's worst mass shooting pressed the army to promise reform.
Sergeant Narongchai Intharakawi, 33, alleges that he is being persecuted for exposing graft that the army itself has since acknowledged. He has refused to serve army detention for an alleged disciplinary infraction, and now could be tried in a military court for dereliction of duty.
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