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          Monks, Military, More Officials Sought in Thai Teen Sex Case

   by Associated Press

   Police in Thailand say they have cracked down on a sex ring that lured
   underage girls to work as prostitutes whose services were sold to
   high-ranking military officers, Buddhist monks and a variety of other
   officials.

   Police in the northern city of Chiang Mai, where the network operated,
   said Thursday there are 23 suspects being sought for involvement in the
   underage sex ring, which used female procurers to lure girls as young
   as 13 to brothels.

   Police Maj. Veerachon Boontawee says that among those arrested is the
   former abbot of a prominent Buddhist monastery and a senior former
   military officer. He says the vice rector of a Buddhist university in
   Chiang Mai turned himself in on Wednesday.
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