Citizenship for Boars

THREE young soccer players and their coach, who were rescued with teammates after almost three weeks in a flooded cave, have been granted Thai citizenship.

The quartet had been stateless and their lack of citizenship deprived them of some basic benefits and rights.

Nopparat Kanthawong, the head coach of the Wild Boars team, said the four received official Thai ID cards.

The boys given citizenship yesterday in their home district of Mae Sai had all applied for the documents before the cave incident.