Bangkok Governor Chadchart ordered all district offices to re-check house-registration transfers going back to 2017, after suspected impersonation of foreign children and "phantom" family members. Four officials were removed from duty and preliminary district reports are due Friday, 21 August 2026. For a typical SME this is background: it touches registration and document checks, so expect stricter scrutiny of household-registry paperwork at Bangkok district offices, and keep your own staff and business registration records clean and up to date.