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Fugitive monk surrenders in temple fund case after 7 years on run
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/06/2025
» A fugitive former assistant abbot of Wat Samphanthawong in Bangkok has returned from Germany and surrendered in connection with a temple fund embezzlement case, seven years after fleeing Thailand.
Vietnamese woman linked to $300m scam arrested in Bangkok
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/05/2025
» A Vietnamese woman wanted by Interpol for cryptocurrency and forex investment scams that defrauded over 2,000 Vietnamese victims of about US$300 million has been arrested in Bangkok along with two bodyguards.
Arrests made after man beaten in crypto dispute
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/09/2024
» Nine Vietnamese men have been arrested in Bangkok on charges of illegally detaining a Thai woman and a Taiwanese man and physically assaulting the latter to force him to pay a debt of 1.7 million baht for the purchase of cryptocurrency.
Police track source of cyanide in deaths of Vietnamese
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/07/2024
» Police are investigating the source of the cyanide used in the killing of six people of Vietnamese origin at a hotel in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok early this week.
Investment dispute ends in hotel cyanide tea party
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/07/2024
» Police suspect a 56-year-old Vietnamese woman with US citizenship of using a lethal mixture of cyanide and tea to poison five compatriots when they met at a luxury hotel in Bangkok to resolve a financial dispute.
Police fail in mission to bring back former monk
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda, who headed a police team to bring back fugitive former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand to face questioning over his involvement in the temple fund embezzlement scandal Wednesday, returned from Germany empty-handed.