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	If the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is found guilty, the private company that benefited from the deal may also be prosecuted for supporting officials&rsquo; wrongdoing.</div>
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	&ldquo;I will ask the DSI board to bring this case under the DSI jurisdiction,&rdquo; Tharit said Monday, adding that he planned to raise the issue at a meeting on June 27.</div>
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