Thai authorities are to tackle the issue of off-system debts following the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC)’s successful negotiation of fairer loan contracts covering debts worth Bt7.1 billion on behalf of 42,097 creditors this month so far, Defence Ministry spokesman Kongcheep Tantravanich said on Thursday.

The Shirrine Clinic at Chamchuri Square shopping centre in Bangkok this week came to the aid of a Chinese man who was left penniless after a Thai condominium broker allegedly swindled him out of almost Bt1 million.