Nearly 600 arrests carried out to secure IMF-World Bank meetings

Bangkok Post - Oct 14, 2026

Police have reported they arrested 587 criminal suspects in provinces beyond Bangkok in the interest of securing the 2026 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group meetings in the capital.

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