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Oil smugglers, hoarders in Thailand worsen supply crisis as Anutin warns of tough times

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Oil smugglers, hoarders in Thailand worsen supply crisis as Anutin warns of tough times
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From sea transfers by smugglers and hoarding to stockpiling underground, profiteering from the oil crunch in Thailand has exacerbated a supply crisis that Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul warned on Monday was about to worsen, given the country’s reliance on fuel imports.
As diesel pump prices hit an all-time high of around 50 baht (US$1.54) a litre on Monday, Justice Minister Major-General Rutthaphon Naowarat told reporters that “oil has definitely gone missing”, saying it was too early to...

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