{
  "id": 1410064,
  "title": "Hundreds of Phuket firms face fresh ownership checks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/hundreds-of-phuket-firms-face-fresh-ownership-checks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T03:28:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Thaiger",
    "slug": "the-thaiger",
    "url": "https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phuket-nominee-investigation-naturalised-thai-citizens"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thai officials are investigating whether a suspected nominee network is using naturalised citizenship to disguise foreign ownership of businesses in Phuket and several other provinces. The Interior Ministry has ordered checks on more than 100 Phuket companies and a wider list of 361 firms nationwide, following a raid on August 6 that saw eight locations … The story Hundreds of Phuket firms face…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}