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Thai Navy SEALs to join search for missing crew of sunken ferry off Samui Island

24 Sept 12:29 Key points summarised by AI

Thai Navy SEALs, foreign divers, and a marine rescue team are mobilizing to search for four missing crew members from a ferry that sank near Samui Island, with choppy seas currently hindering efforts.
Concerns are escalating over 90 tonnes of compressed garbage stored in three trucks aboard the sunken ferry, as this method of transport for Samui's waste was unusual and poses environmental risks.

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.