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Birth certificate fraud probe expands

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Samran Nualma, right, and Pol Lt Gen Noppasin Poolsawat, commissioner attached to the national police chief's office, question suspects in the fake birth certificate case last week. (Police photo)

Authorities are expanding their investigation into a Chinese birth registration network after arresting 32 of 35 suspects accused of helping Chinese families obtain Thai birth certificates through illegal “fake father” arrangements.

Ratawit Jitsujaritwong, secretary of the Department of Provincial Administration’s national identity crime enforcement section, said the suspects were being questioned at Bang Yi Ruea police station in Thon Buri district.

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