Thailand strips chief rabbi’s citizenship in foreigner crackdown The order signed by Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cited Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor’s continued use of his US nationality for international travel after becoming a Thai citizen in 2013, including on 16 trips to and from Australia. Kantor, who could not immediately be reached for comment, has led Chabad of Thailand since 1993. Chabad is a global Orthodox Jewish movement headquartered in New York. New rules introduced in August allow the faster deportation of foreigners whose conduct is deemed harmful to public order, while authorities have stepped up investigations into foreign-controlled businesses and land held through Thai proxies. Kantor’s case follows the Oct 1 revocation of a businessman’s Thai citizenship after authorities said he continued using an Israeli passport and had failed to disclose his Uruguayan nationality when he was naturalised.