Ex-auditor general given suspended jail term by Supreme Court

21 Sept 02:39 Key points summarised by AI

Former auditor general Khunying Jaruwan Menthaka was sentenced by the Supreme Court to a nine-month suspended jail term and fined 15,000 baht.
The conviction is for malfeasance in office, specifically misusing 294,440 baht of public funds in 2003 by disguising a Kathin merit-making trip as a field seminar.
The Supreme Court granted leniency, citing her first conviction and the absence of personal financial gain from the misused budget.

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.