Exposed: How Chinese scammers register ‘Thai’ children
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Exposed: How Chinese scammers register ‘Thai’ children

Authorities say Thai men being hired to register marriages with Chinese men’s wives

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Police and officials of the Department of Provincial Administration arrest suspects in the marriage registration case. Photo from the department's Facebook page
Police and officials of the Department of Provincial Administration arrest suspects in the marriage registration case. Photo from the department's Facebook page

Chinese scammers have been hiring Thai men to register marriages with their Chinese wives so that their Chinese-born children can obtain Thai citizenship, according to the Department of Provincial Administration.

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