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Amnesty urges Thailand to suspend custodial remand of suspects to contain COVID-19 spread

13 Sept 14:05 Key points summarised by AI

Amnesty International (AI) Thailand urged the Ministry of Justice to suspend custodial remand of suspects to ease prison congestion and curb the spread of COVID-19 among detainees.
The call follows reports of at least seven political prisoners, some already on bail, contracting COVID-19, including Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, highlighting the urgent health risk within the system.

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.