Bai Lu meet-and-greet cancelled days after China’s safety warning
Suchada: Meet the reluctant star of Thailand’s cryptic crypto drama
Man in state quarantine dies of heart attack
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Man in state quarantine dies of heart attack
22 Sept 20:31Key points summarised by AI
A 56-year-old Thai man died from a heart attack while undergoing state quarantine in Chon Buri after arriving from India.
Medical officials confirmed his death was due to myocardial infarction, not COVID-19, noting his pre-existing conditions of diabetes and kidney disease.
Suchada: Meet the reluctant star of Thailand’s cryptic crypto drama
Today 15:38Key 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.