Pawn shop girl arrested Repeatedly circulating pawned gold, causing 170 million baht in damageLaos prepares for 31st meeting of ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council

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Pawn company girl arrested Used a trick to pawn gold for more than 2 years, causing more than 170 million baht in damages to the company, claiming it was in debt from online gambling. Cross the Mekong to celebrate New Year in Laos. On the way back they were arrested at the checkpoint. at the Immigration Investigation Room, Nong Khai Province Police Lieutenant Colonel Teeyaphat Rangsibrahmanakun Deputy Superintendent of Immigration, Nong Khai Province Along with the joint arrest team, they announced the arrest of Ms. Oi (pseudonym), age 30, the accused according to an arrest warrant from the Nonthaburi Provincial Court. Charged with conspiring to steal property belonging to her employer, she was arrested while Ms. Oi was returning from the Lao PDR to complete border crossing formalities. Was alerted by the system as a person according to an arrest warrant Officers at the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge border checkpoint Mueang Nong Khai District So he was detained. and taken for questioning Deputy Superintendent of Immigration, Nong Khai Province, stated that Ms. Oi used to work as a senior property guard for a private pawn company. Chaengwattana area Property can be disbursed at the company's pawnshop. Ms. Oi hired another person to pawn gold jewelry that someone had pawned at the pawnshop. Pretending that it was your own gold When you pawn it, you will receive money at a time. 30,000-50,000 baht, pay a salary of 500-1,000 baht per person and record the assets of the pawnshop as usual. Sometimes they bring fake gold to store with pawn shops. Having done this for more than 2 years, the company recently investigated and found out that it was an embezzlement in October 2023 because the actual list of assets and the account balance did not match. The damage is estimated to be approximately 170 million baht. After that, the company filed a report. Nonthaburi Provincial Court An arrest warrant was issued for Ms. Oi on Dec. 27, 2023, with another friend doing it together. But my friend had already been arrested. And on De cember 28, 2023, Ms. Aoi traveled to celebrate the New Year in Vientiane, Lao PDR with her boyfriend and returned today. Therefore she was arrested, with Ms. Oi claiming that she did this because she was addicted to online gambling. Earn money and use it to gamble until it's gone. After being interrogated and recorded in the daily diary, Ms. Oi will be handed over to investigators at the incident area for further legal action Source: Thai News Agency Vientiane: Lao officials met in Vientiane on January 3 for discussion and exchange of opinions to prepare for the 31st meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council in 2024. Laos will introduce its tourism development vision, products and services to tourism professionals at the upcoming ASEAN meeting which is scheduled to take place from March 25-30 in northern Luang Prabang province as the country is holding the ASEAN chairmanship this year. According to the Lao News Agency (KPL), the meeting will focus on three priority topics. The first topic is to promote the role of culture and art in ASEAN to make these aspects both comprehensive and sustainable. The second topic will involve discussions on environmental cooperation and resilience to climate change. The last one will focus on the advancement of the wellbeing of women and children in ASEAN nations./. Source: Vietnam News Agency