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The mayor of Chonnabot district municipality, Khon Kaen, finds himself at the epicenter of a corruption scandal. The once-respected official, Khunanon Hinthao, has been apprehended for allegedly scheming a jaw-dropping 30% kickback, amounting to a staggering 300,000 baht, in two CCTV installation projects valued at nearly 1 million baht. The charming facade of Khunanon’s house, … …

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1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

a jaw-dropping 30% kickback, amounting to a staggering 300,000 baht

The amount not so staggering but a 30% kickback is definitely in jaw-dropping territory. 

I don’t have any experience coercing illegal kickbacks myself, but it strikes me that 30% is not a figure a beginner would negotiate, just saying.

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Shouldn't be any great revelation to any old hand. From decades of observation, the provincial corrupt shenanigans are far more expedient than that of the so called national level. 

Business is business. Provincial and local tradition.

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