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The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority plans to further raise the prices of its weekly and monthly tickets to match the price of daily tickets after the fare hikes prompted 20 per cent more commuters to buy advance tickets, a BMTA deputy director said.

Another 537 foreigners were arrested by Immigration police on Thursday after raids on 225 locations around the country targeting those living illegally in Thailand.

In this week’s Asean Now: Weekly Wrap, Malaysian activist and election watchdog Bersih 2.0 Chairman Maria Chin Abdullah was set free on Monday following 10 days in solitary confinement, while the salaries of government employees residing in townships in Myanmar where insurgent activities are rife will double in October, November and December. 

Asean Now wraps up the latest news of the week in the region.