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Chief Royal Thai Police Torsak Sukvimol, left, Duputy Chief the royal Thai Police Surachate Hakparn, embrace after a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Thailand's national police chief and a deputy were ordered to be suspended by the Prime Minister on Wednesday, following a feud that escalated over the past few weeks pointing to serious conflicts within the highest echelons of the police department. (AP Photo/Pirun Nanta)

Thailand’s national police chief and his deputy are suspended amid rumors of a power struggle

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FILE - Deputy National Police Chief Surachet Hakpal, left, talks to reporters with Tubtim "Sue" Howson, 57, during press conference at police headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 15, 2023. Police belonging to the cybercrime division on Monday, Sept. 25, searched the Bangkok residence of Surachate Hakparn __ who is seen as a contender for the police agency's top job - allegedly in connection with suspicion that several of his subordinates had corrupt links to illegal online gambling operations.(Royal Thai Police via AP, File)

A deputy police chief in Thailand cries foul after his home is raided for a gambling investigation

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Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Alqunun, the 18-year old Saudi woman who fled her family to seek asylum, remains in Thailand under the care of the U.N. refugee agency as she awaits a decision by a third country to accept her as a refugee. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Saudi woman fleeing alleged abuse heads for asylum in Canada

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and ROB GILLIES - Associated Press