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Updates - Rescue operation for missing Filipino tourists hindered by bad weather

13 Sept 09:43 Key points summarised by AI

Rescue operations for two Filipino tourists missing off Phuket's Freedom Beach have been repeatedly suspended due to severe weather, including heavy rain and high seas.
Angelo Cortez and Noah Ibay were swept away while swimming with a group of 13, despite dangerous conditions and the beach being unofficially closed and lacking safety warnings.
Freedom Beach is a private, difficult-to-access location with a history of similar incidents, including two Thai fishermen recently falling into the sea and two Chinese tourists going missing a year prior.

Yesterday 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.