{
  "id": 18809177,
  "title": "Phuket Land Scam: Family Busted for 20M Baht Fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/phuket-land-scam-family-busted-for-20m-baht-fraud",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T23:05:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/phuket/phuket-land-scam/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PHUKET – Thai police arrested a local influential figure and his immediate family members in Phuket for allegedly operating a massive land scam inside a protected national reserve. Investigators revealed that the suspects falsely claimed private ownership of protected rainforest land near Freedom Beach and illegally sold parcels to unsuspecting property investors. The coordinated police operation…",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}