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.
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