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Thailand revokes naturalised head rabbi’s citizenship over repeated US passport use

Agence France-Presse · South China Morning Post
Published 30 Oct 2026, 1:44 am·1 h ago·1 min read
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Thailand’s government said on Thursday it had revoked the citizenship of a prominent head rabbi who was a naturalised Thai, as the country tightens enforcement of its immigration laws. Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor’s Thai citizenship was stripped over his repeated use of his US passport after naturalisation in 2013, according to an interior ministry statement. The order was signed by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is also interior minister. Thai law prohibits naturalised citizens from...

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