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Foundation Aids Families of Fire Victims

The Po Tek Tung Foundation distributed 20,000 baht in funeral aid to families of workers killed in the Ladprao beer factory fire and arranged transport of the deceased to their hometowns for religious ceremonies.

Foundation Aids Families of Fire Victims
14 Jul Khaosod

The Po Tek Tung Foundation's public welfare division, led by Sirikhul Opasswong, committee member and secretary, and other officials including Duangchuta Tiyapatchanprokul, public welfare manager, Ratchaporn Prasongthrap, and Chumpol Bunyapakdi, provided initial assistance to families of those who died in the Ladprao beer factory fire. The foundation distributed funeral aid of 20,000 baht per family and facilitated the transport of the deceased with coffins back to their hometowns for relatives to conduct religious ceremonies at the Police Hospital's Forensic Medicine Institute.

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