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	About 500 convicts from prisons in Bangkok and the neighbouring provinces were recruited for the job of strengthening the city&rsquo;s temporary flood walls, according to the department&rsquo;s deputy directorgeneral, Thanis Sriyaphan.</div>
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	Thanis said that he Friday would accompany some 300 convicts to help build flood-prevention walls around the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, as there was a shortage of manpower for the job.</div>
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Convicts help build flood walls

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