Thailand busts fake birth certificate ring granting citizenship to 164 foreign children

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Thai authorities dismantled a ring that forged birth certificates to grant citizenship to 164 foreign children. The criminal network included a hospital employee and an administrative official, highlighting issues in Thailand’s nationality documentation system.

Thai police on July 9 dismantled a criminal network accused of forging birth registration documents to obtain Thai nationality for foreign children, arresting several suspects, including a hospital employee and an administrative official.