Watcharee Sawaengpol, 32, and her husband Manu Phew-on, 44, face charges of illegal money lending, robbery, assault, illegal detention, and rape. The arrest stemmed from a May 9 complaint by a 26-year-old woman who had borrowed Bt100,000 from the couple. She claimed that Watcharee assaulted and injured her while Manu raped her while his wife wasn’t around, before the couple later released her. The couple reportedly fled to Prachuap Khiri Khan where they laid low for two weeks until police finally caught up with them. A police probe found that the couple had lent cash to low-income people in Sri Racha at a daily interest rate of 20 per cent.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 22, 2018 10:30 UTC