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	Were these supposedly &ldquo;clean and trivial&rdquo; lies &ndash; as attested by Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong &ndash; approved or even assigned to the finance minister by the Cabinet?</div>
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	If so, then the entire Cabinet must be to blame too &ndash; not just Mr Kittiratt. In that case, any person who presided over that particular Cabinet meeting must be pointed out as the chief architect of the whole thing.</div>
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	Vint Chavala</div>
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	Lamphun</div>

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