Bribes were paid by owners of warehouse that exploded, says Thailand top cop


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BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Deputy national police chief of Thailand General Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn said on Friday that the investigation of an explosion in a warehouse in Narathiwat province found evidence of a bribe being paid to state officials so that fireworks could be stored without a permit.

The explosion at the warehouse near Muno market in Sungai Kolok district on July 29 killed 12 people and injured 120 more.

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