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3,355 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, 10 new clusters found in 8 provinces

13 Sept 08:15 Key points summarised by AI

Thailand reported 3,355 new COVID-19 cases and 17 fatalities on Monday, raising total infections since April 1st to 170,401 and the death toll to 1,466.
Ten new COVID-19 clusters were identified across eight provinces, including sites like a pig slaughterhouse, housing estates, seafood processing factories, and construction sites, while Bangkok actively monitors 84 existing clusters.

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.