Myanmar tycoon's network bustedThe Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) and the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) have widened their joint investigation and seized assets from the drug network belonging to Myanmar tycoon Tun Min Latt, estimated at 1.8 billion baht. Tun Min Latt: Taxes probedAccording to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin, the tycoon's case is one of two that authorities have been investigating since 2019. Pol Maj Gen Nitithorn Jintakanon, deputy chief of the MPB, said officers have tracked the Myanmar tycoon's financial transactions since 2019. The Myanmar drug dealer, 53, was arrested in a dawn raid in September along with three Thai nationals. However, two Thai nationals, identified as Pannarong Khunpitak and Kallayawee Thiraprapawong, who are believed to be the Myanmar tycoon's business associates, are still on the run, their whereabouts unknown.

Source: Bangkok Post November 03, 2022 00:16 UTC