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Bangkok Post
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Police bar Chinese bribe suspect from leaving Thailand

Guo Rui aka Gegee is seen in a picture posted on her Facebook page during the Songkran festival last month.

Police seized the passport and blocked the departure of a Chinese journalist arrested for allegedly demanding a multi-million-baht bribe from a suspected Chinese gangster to arrange for charges against her to be dropped.

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn said on Sunday police had turned down Guo Rui aka Gegee's request to leave the country "to attend a meeting" in Hong Kong.

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