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Thai lawyer drops defamation suit against BBC reporter

AThailawyerhasdroppedhiscriminaldefamationsuitagainstaBBCcorrespondentfollowinghisinvestigationintoforeignersbeingscammedoftheirretirementhomesinthecountry,theb

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BBC journalist faces five years jail for Thailand reporting

A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over an investigation into fraud on a popular tourist island.