12 Wild Boars attend pre-ordination ceremony

2 Oct 15:25 Key points summarised by AI

Eleven members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach participated in a head-shaving ceremony, a precursor to their mass ordination.
The team's only Muslim member, Adul Sam-on, did not join the pre-ordination rituals.
The coach will be ordained as a monk, and the 11 boys as novices, with the ceremony dedicated to the King, Queen, and the ex-Navy SEAL who died during their rescue.

Suchada: Meet the reluctant star of Thailand’s cryptic crypto drama

Today 15:38 Key points summarised by AI

Thai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap faces intense scrutiny over her husband’s substantial 1.84 billion baht wealth, with opposition lawmakers alleging connections to international scam networks.
A significant portion of her husband, Taiyang Zhang's, declared assets includes a 1.44 billion baht loan to the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which still owes him 1.34 billion baht.
Opposition MP Rangsiman Rome accused Suchada's husband of links to online scam networks and gambling sites, prompting Suchada to vehemently deny the claims, demand evidence, and file a defamation complaint.
Taiyang Zhang's background includes co-founding Ren Protocol, later sold to Alameda Research (linked to the FTX collapse), and some of his former associates have been convicted in crypto company failures.
Suchada, a former actress and first-time MP, maintains her husband's innocence, while her party leaders have distanced themselves from the allegations, deeming it a private matter.