Thai Examiner
PM revokes citizenship of Jewish leader in Thailand amid police investigation into Chabad network nationwide
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Key facts
- Anutin revokes a prominent rabbi’s citizenship after investigators uncover 16 journeys using US nationality
- Interior Ministry cites 16 journeys using American nationality as grounds for revoking rabbi’s citizenship
- Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, based in Thailand since 1993, lost his nationality over 16 journeys using his American citizenship
- Meanwhile, investigators are probing more than 60 companies registered at one Bangkok address, suspected nominee businesses, land deals and financial transfers
- Anutin defends citizenship order as scrutiny grows over Chabad activities and Israeli-linked businesses
- Chabad’s international network faces scrutiny as Thai investigators examine dozens of registered companies
Summary
### Passport bombshell in Thailand. Anutin revokes a prominent rabbi’s citizenship after investigators uncover 16 journeys using US nationality. Chabad-linked businesses face scrutiny, while Phuket braces for another mass anti-Israel protest on Saturday.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has stripped Thailand’s leading Chabad rabbi of his Thai citizenship as protests against Israeli influence intensify. Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, based in Thailand since 1993, lost his nationality over 16 journeys using his American citizenship. Meanwhile, investigators are probing more than 60 companies registered at one Bangkok address, suspected nominee businesses, land deals and financial transfers.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has revoked the Thai citizenship of a prominent Jewish religious leader amid mounting protests against Israeli influence. Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, head of Thailand’s Chabad-Lubavitch network, lost his nationality under an order signed on Wednesday.