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	Consider three families associated with the highest-profile corruption cases of this era &ndash; the Shinawatras, the Kunplumes and the Asavahames. The head of each family is a fugitive from corruption verdicts, and all three families are currently in this government and their leaders running our country by proxy. Democracy put them there; the people chose this arrangement.</div>
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