Cops arrest Singaporean fugitive

A Singaporean who fled to Thailand after allegedly hacking personal accounts on social media platforms in his country has been arrested in Bangkok.

A team of police arrested Ong Jian Zhen, 32, at a condo in Huai Khwang district, Bangkok, yesterday.

His girlfriend, Ananyalak Chuenjai, a 28-year-old Thai woman, was also arrested after officers found a sachet of crystal methamphetamine, two sachets of ketamine and one sachet of a drug called Erimin 5 in the room. Three bank books were also seized.

Mr Zhen was wanted under a warrant issued by the Sa Kaeo Provincial Court on Dec 19 for using a fake passport, Pol Col Phadol Chandorn, superintendent of the Technology Crime Suppression Division sub-division 5, said yesterday.

Earlier, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Singapore Police Force contacted Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen…