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Bangkok Post
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RARE PHOTOS: Data theft soldier surrenders - The Real Truth

Sergeant Major second class Khemarat Boonchuai, 33, at the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau in Nonthaburi province on Wednesday. (Photo supplied)

An army sergeant major who claimed to have obtained the personal digitalised data of 55 million Thais surrendered to police on Wednesday and confessed he just wanted to be in the spotlight.

He said he did not hack the data himself, he bought it from actual hackers, and it was 8 million data records, not 55 million.

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