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Whistle-blowing Thai soldier puts spotlight back on graft in the army
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Sergeant Narongchai Intharakawi, an army clerk, alleges he is being punished for exposing graft that the army itself has since acknowledged.
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Tan Hui Yee Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok, Tan Hui Yee
A Thai soldier challenging disciplinary action has dragged military graft back into the national spotlight, four months after the kingdom's worst mass shooting pressed the army to promise reform.
Army clerk Sergeant Narongchai Intharakawi, 33, alleges he is being punished for exposing graft the army itself has since acknowledged. He refuses to serve detention for an alleged disciplinary infraction, and could be tried in a military court for dereliction of duty.
