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UNCOVERED: Local polls prompt criminal gangs return | History Defined

Police question Thawatchai Srichan, 48, left, a suspect in the Feb 14 shooting in Nakhon Nayok, which left a deputy chairman of the Bang Somboon tambon administrative organisation dead and the TAO chairman injured. (Police photo)

Bringing back local elections after more than seven years comes with a renewed sense of fear in Nakhon Nayok where a tambon administrative organisation (TAO) head was wounded and his deputy killed in a recent attack.

On the evening of Feb 14, at least two gunmen using assault weapons attacked a van carrying TAO members in Nakhon Nayok, in the country's Central Plains.

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