Police would check whether the suspects laundered money in Thailand before contacting the Chinese authorities about repatriation. In the first case, police on August 28 arrested Wang Yijun, 48, and a woman, Li Guixia, 50, at the Sa Kaew border. He reportedly fled to Thailand on July 31 and was arrested on the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in Nong Khai on August 31. In the third case, police arrested Zhou Qing, 51, and Jia Xi, 47, wanted for an illegal money-lending operation which also allegedly used violence to collect cash from around 100 Chinese borrowers. The pair were arrested in Chon Buri's Bang Lamung district on August 31.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 06, 2018 08:26 UTC