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Anutin orders Kantor’s Thai citizenship revoked, citing US passport use 16 times
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Thailand’s Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul signed an order on Wednesday (October 28) to revoke the Thai citizenship of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, citing continued use of his US nationality on 16 occasions when travelling to or from Australia aft
Key facts
- Kantor is a long-serving Chabad-Lubavitch leader and a prominent figure in the Jewish Association of Thailand
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- The most recent occasion cited was January 26, 2026.
- Anutin exercised his authority under the first paragraph of Section 19 of the Nationality Act BE 2508 (1965), relying on subsection (2)
- Kantor acquired Thai citizenship through naturalisation under Section 10 of the Nationality Act, with the grant published in the Royal Gazette on April 11, 2013, according to the ministry’s notice
- His first Thai national identity card was issued on May 2, 2013.
Summary
Kantor is a long-serving Chabad-Lubavitch leader and a prominent figure in the Jewish Association of Thailand. The Jewish community’s own account records his arrival in Bangkok in 1993 to serve as its rabbi.
The Interior Ministry’s notice cites information from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), under the Justice Ministry, that Kantor entered and left Australia using US nationality on 16 occasions. The most recent occasion cited was January 26, 2026.