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Oil found on Mae Ram Phueng beach and at sea as containment of the spill continues

24 Sept 08:23 Key points summarised by AI

New oil patches and slicks were discovered on Mae Ram Phueng beach and in the sea, alongside an oil sheen at the PTTLNG port.
Workers from Star Petroleum Refining (SPRC) and the Royal Thai Navy are actively deploying absorbents and foam booms to contain and clean up the oil.
This incident involves an estimated 5,000 litres of crude oil leaking from an SPRC mooring platform during repair, marking the second spill in three weeks from the same location.
The repeated spills raise concerns, as the previous larger leak (47,000 litres) triggered a major clean-up, impacting tourism and leading to a disaster zone declaration, with long-term marine environmental effects still under scrutiny.

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.