Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas are under heavy scrutiny after photos surfaced showing them casually socializing with Ben Smith — a South African businessman whose alleged ties to a major international scam network led Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office to seize 9 billion baht (US $310 million) in assets — although they both downplay the connection as saying the interactions occurred years ago.
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- Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas are under heavy scrutiny after photos surfaced showing them casually socializing with Ben Smith — a South African businessman whose alleged ties to a major international scam network led Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office to seize 9 billion baht (US $310 million) in assets — although they both downplay the connection as saying the interactions occurred years ago.
- What do you think?
What do you think?
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“What, just because they met multiple times, in multiple locations, and under multiple circumstances, I’m supposed to infer that there was something shady going on?”
“And you laughed at me.”
“If Ben can’t buy silence with nine billion baht, what chance do the rest of us have?”
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