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FOUND: Army runaway groom bogus soldier - What They Never Told You

Namthip, 40, and her imposter groom, Sgt Maj Ek Suwannahong, pose for a pre-wedding photo. The army says the man is not a soldier. (Photo supplied)

A runaway groom who abandoned his bride on their wedding day in Prachin Buri province was not a soldier serving in the South, as he had claimed to be, a Royal Thai Army spokeswoman said on Friday.

Col Sirichan Ngathong, deputy army spokeswoman, said the man who claimed to be a sergeant major with a Ranger unit in the deep South, was not a soldier at all.

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