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        "msgid": "thai-minister-quits-in-land-scandal-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-12-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "Thai minister quits in land scandal",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Thai minister quits in land scandal BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai suffered a setback yesterday, when Suthep Thueksuban, the deputy minister of agriculture, resigned rather than face a no-confidence motion next week over a land scandal. Suthep, a member of Chuan's Democrats, protested his innocence in the controversy, but said he had not been able to get a fair hearing on the issue. The Democrats head the country's five-party coalition government.",
        "content": "<p>Thai minister quits in land scandal<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai suffered a<br>\nsetback yesterday, when Suthep Thueksuban, the deputy minister of<br>\nagriculture, resigned rather than face a no-confidence motion<br>\nnext week over a land scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Suthep, a member of Chuan's Democrats, protested his innocence<br>\nin the controversy, but said he had not been able to get a fair<br>\nhearing on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats head the country's five-party coalition<br>\ngovernment.<\/p>\n<p>\"No matter how I tried to explain, it seemed no one would<br>\nlisten,\" Suthrep told reporters after submitting his resignation<br>\nto Chuan during a weekly cabinet meeting yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leaders have alleged that agriculture ministry<br>\nofficials manipulated a land reform package to benefit rich<br>\nsupporters rather than the poor.<\/p>",
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