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Bangkok Post
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EXPLAINED: Tuhao nominee grilled | Vintage Vibes

Businessman Chaiyanat Kornchayanant, alias Tuhao, right, is taken to the Criminal Court after police questioning last month. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

Patcharin Ittiwattana, an alleged close aide and Thai nominee of Chinese businessman and suspected crime boss Chaiyanat "Tuhao" Kornchayanant, appeared with her lawyer on Tuesday for another interrogation session conducted as part of an ongoing investigation into a major Chinese criminal syndicate operating in Thailand.

Thaweesak Buntham, the lawyer, said Ms Patcharin provided information through him to police investigators regarding her name being listed as a board member for several companies linked to Mr Chaiyanat, named as the board chairman.

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