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Return of Thais from Bahrain suspended after consular official gets COVID-19

13 Sept 10:54 Key points summarised by AI

Repatriation flights for Thais from Bahrain and consular services at the Thai Embassy in Manama are suspended until August 22nd after a Bahraini official in the consular office tested positive for COVID-19.
The Foreign Ministry confirmed that two other officials, one Thai and one local, at the Thai Embassy in Riyadh also contracted the virus, while assuring efforts to resume repatriation flights from Bahrain this month.

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.