Thai lawyer drops defamation suit against BBC reporter over expose on retirement home scam

August 24, 2017 1:03 PM

PHUKET (AFP) – A Thai lawyer has dropped his criminal defamation suit against a BBC correspondent following his investigation into foreigners being scammed of their retirement homes in the country, the broadcaster said on Thursday (Aug 24).

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