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Hunt for Song Thaew driver suspected of killing millionaire in Chiang Mai

13 Sept 14:08 Key points summarised by AI

Police in Chiang Mai are actively searching for 39-year-old Song Thaew driver Vitoon Sritabutr, alias Tum, as the prime suspect in the murder of 58-year-old millionaire Ms. Wannee Chikracharoenying.
Ms. Wannee's body was discovered in a refrigerator at her Chom Thong home, bound, covered with cement, and the fridge still running, following a missing person report.
Investigators found her BMW car, cell phone, and the house's CCTV system missing, believed to have been stolen by the perpetrator.
The suspect, Vitoon, was identified through CCTV footage showing him using the victim's ATM card to withdraw cash at various locations, contradicting a call to relatives claiming Ms. Wannee had gone abroad.

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.