BANGKOK: A group of Israelis were briefly detained by Thai soldiers this week while making a business pitch at Bangkok’s police headquarters in what officers have described as a “misunderstanding”.

The embarrassing incident comes at a time of tense relations between the military and parts of the police as Thailand’s junta vows to root out corruption and political loyalties in the graft-tainted force.

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