A Thai court ordered a wanted alleged Malaysian scammer to be extradited to China to face charges related to fraud on Wednesday.
Both Malaysia and China requested the repatriation of Tedy Teow Wooi Huat, the founder of the Mobility Beyond Imagination Group (MBI), after he was allegedly linked to numerous scams, reports the Straits Times.
Penang-born Teow attended a virtual court hearing on Wednesday from inside Bangkok Remand Prison where he is currently detained. He came on camera in his brown prison uniform and face mask accompanied by prison officers.
Police in Beijing want to question Teow after 400 investors in China came together to file a lawsuit in a bid to recover 763 million baht (100 million Malaysian Ringgits or 156,000 Chinese Yuan) invested in Teow’s MBI Group.
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