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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's finance ministry on Monday fired five revenue officials, including the chief of the department, for failing to tax relatives of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a share trading deal.
Revenue Department head Siroj Sawatphanich, who has been criticized in the media for failing to enforce tax regulations in several cases involving Thaksin and his family, was among those fired for "dereliction of duty" and "negligence."
"It was a serious disciplinary issue and there was no other milder penalty for their failure to carry out their duties," Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula told reporters.
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