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	If he&rsquo;s not allowed to return home a free man, Thailand will pay the price. If this is about revenge, then the country is doomed &ndash; off the rails at high speed, so to speak. Higgledy-piggledy government but extremely well planned long distance single-track corruption?</div>
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	Maybe. It certainly bears a thought, but, heck, get me the black paint immediately!</div>
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	John Shepherd</div>
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	Bangkok</div>

A trillion here and a trillion there

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A trillion here and a trillion there

I wonder how much of the Bt2-trillion loan (if allowed to happen) is designed to end up in the deep pockets of an indisputable nomad with the hump who wrongfully believes that a massive amount of impounded money remains rightfully his?

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