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Thai MP Advice for Women to Marry Foreigners Stirs Controversy

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Nederlands · Advies van Thais parlementslid aan vrouwen om buitenlanders te trouwen, wekt beroering
বাংলা · থাই মেয়েদের বিদেশী নাগরিক বিবাহের থাই এক সংসদের উপদেশ বিতর্কের সৃষ্টি করেছে
Español · Tailandia: Aconsejan a mujeres que se casen con extranjeros

Get a German husband. Get a Swedish husband. Get a Norwegian husband…All you need is a farang husband and their government will pay you to study.

This was the advice of a Thai politician to poor women in Thailand. But the controversial statement was taken out of context, according to Saksith Saiyasombut.

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