The Thai ‘drug lord’ has plastic surgery to look like a ‘handsome Korean’ who is unsuccessfully trying to hide from the police

• Saharat Sawangjaeng, 25, was charged with illegally importing narcotics
• He changed his name and face after wanting to start a “new life” in South Korea

By Lauren Haughey

Published: 13:37 GMT, 27 Feb 2023 | Updated: 13:58 GMT, 27 February 2023

A “drug lord” believed to be the main driver behind the “Bangkok MDMA epidemic” has drastically altered his face with plastic surgery to evade authorities, police confirm.

Thai Saharat Sawangjaeng, 25, changed his name and face to appear as a “handsome Korean man” after undergoing numerous surgical procedures.

Although Saharat wanted “a new life” in South Korea, according to the BBC, police managed to track him down and have reportedly since charged him with illegally importing narcotics.

It was also said that last week he admitted to buying drugs using bitcoin on the dark web before selling them to customers in Thailand’s capital.

Thai Police Major General Theeradej Thammasutee told the Strait Times that he “imported MDMA from Europe when he was just 25 years old,” adding that he was “one of the main contributors to the MDMA epidemic in Bangkok.”

Before the operation: Saharat Sawangjaeng (pictured), 25, was charged with illegally importing narcotics

MDMA is a recreational drug taken as ecstasy pills that can act as both a stimulant and a psychedelic.

Police have reportedly been trying to trace Saharat since December last year and managed to do so by tracing Bangkok’s ecstasy distribution.

Authorities had also arrested Saharat three times before his surgeries and knew what he looked like.

On one occasion, Saharat was allegedly caught with 290 ecstasy pills and 2kg of liquid narcotics when he was previously arrested for assault.

He went under the knife after escaping custody and witnesses described him to police as a “handsome Korean man”.

After his arrest, there should be investigations into other suspects outside of Thailand.

• Sunak to meet Von der Leyen
• Von der Leyen also meets King Charles
• All focus on the DUP’s response
• Groups say they will study the details first

LONDON, Feb 27 (Portal) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a new deal on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, betting the reward for better relations with the European Union is worth any discord , which could cause them within his own party.

Sunak, who has only been in power for four months, is pursuing a risky strategy to find a compromise to improve ties with Brussels – and the United States – without the wing of his party most closely linked to Brexit is enough to annoy.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is due to meet Sunak later on Monday for final talks, while she is also set to visit King Charles, a meeting that has drawn criticism for the monarch’s order not to interfere in political affairs.

The deal aims to ease tensions caused by the post-Brexit 2020 deals that govern the British province and its open border with EU member Ireland. However, it remains to be seen whether it will go far enough to end political deadlock in Northern Ireland and satisfy critics in Britain.

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“In recent months there have been intensive negotiations with the EU – led by UK ministers – and positive, constructive progress has been made,” Sunak’s office said.

The new deal aims to ease physical checks on goods flowing from the UK to Northern Ireland and give the British province a say in the EU rules it must implement amid the complicated terms of Britain’s exit from the bloc.

It could also allow London to set some rules on taxes and state aid.

Her success may depend on convincing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to end its boycott of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing arrangements. These were at the heart of a 1998 peace accord that largely ended three decades of sectarian violence in Britain’s provinces.

If Sunak can win support for the deal, he will be able to move past the most contentious issue on his agenda and increase his hold on his Conservative Party while trying to defeat the opposition Labor Party, which is now way ahead in opinion polls , expected to overtake ahead of a 2024 national election.

Should he fail, Sunak will likely face a rebellion from the Eurosceptic wing of his Conservative Party, revitalizing the deep ideological divisions that have at times paralyzed the government since the 2016 vote to leave the EU.

Sunak could have left the standoff in Northern Ireland unresolved, but officials in London and Belfast say he is motivated to act before the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which could entail a visit from US President Joe Biden.

Biden, who often speaks proudly of his Irish roots, has expressed concern about the deadlock in the province.

SOVEREIGNTY CONCERNS

Sunak hopes a successful outcome will improve cooperation with the EU in areas outside Northern Ireland, including the regulation of financial services, scientific research and help stem the flow of migrants in small boats across the English Channel.

As part of its Withdrawal Agreement, Britain signed an agreement with Brussels known as the Northern Ireland Protocol to avoid imposing politically contentious controls along the 500 km (310 miles) land border with Ireland.

But the protocol effectively created a border on some goods imported from Britain because it considered Northern Ireland to be goods in the EU’s internal market. This also left Northern Ireland subject to some EU rules, despite not being a member of the bloc.

The perception that the Protocol is undermining Northern Ireland’s place in the UK has provoked anger from many unionized communities.

Both the DUP and the European Research Group, which brings together pro-Brexit Conservative lawmakers, have said they will examine the details of any new deal before passing their verdict, a process that could take days.

A Conservative lawmaker said a parliamentary vote is not expected this week as senior party officials say Sunak wants to give people time to understand the terms. It could also prove risky if it gives his critics time to organize their opposition.

One person who could play a key role in the coming days and weeks is former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Johnson negotiated the original protocol to reach a broader trade deal with the bloc before saying London should abandon its obligations to Northern Ireland.

“I think from what I’ve heard he (Sunak) did a very good job, but I’m not sure he achieved the goal of bringing the DUP back into power-sharing, which is the fundamental point of it is,” former Conservative minister Jacob Rees-Mogg told ITV.

Reporting by Elizabeth Piper and William James, writing by William James and Kate Holton, editing by Christina Fincher, Nick Macfie and Tomasz Janowski

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In the documentary Year, devoted to the war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that in the event of Russia’s defeat, Vladimir Putin is likely to be eliminated by a member of his inner circle.

What will happen to Vladimir Putin if Ukraine wins the war? According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Russian President could well die there. In the documentary Year, the Ukrainian leader predicted that his opponent would be eliminated by a member of his entourage.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced that a Russian defeat will end Vladimir Putin’s regime, leaving him in a vulnerable position. “There will certainly come a time when the fragility of Putin’s regime will be felt in the state,” said the Ukrainian president. And then predators will devour a predator. They will find a reason to kill a murderer.”

“He can’t afford to lose”

As the Times points out, the Russian leader’s close entourage consists mainly of hardline supporters, particularly former KGB leaders. Conversely, since many of them owe their rise to Vladimir Putin, we can assume that they will remain loyal to him for reasons of loyalty.

Earlier this year, the director of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, Kyrylo Boudanov, said the Russian president was “dying” because he had cancer. However, this could not be confirmed, since Vladimir Putin’s health was kept secret.

In any case, on Friday February 24, on the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, the Russian president vowed to continue his offensive “methodically”. “Today, in my opinion, Putin thinks that he cannot win immediately, but that he cannot afford to lose,” said Williams Burns, head of the CIA, on Sunday. He told CBS that he believes the Kremlin’s tenant is confident he can beat Ukraine “with attrition.”

From the United States, and Florida in particular, comes a disturbing testimony about youbrutal raid suffered by aTeacher attacked by a student where he had been confiscated a Nintendo Switch recently.

Although the scenes from Violence unfortunately not outside the school context, either in the US or elsewhere (as the recent fascist attack on a high school in Florence has also shown), in this case the question partly concerns the area we are dealing with for that Object that unleashed the boy’s anger appears to have been a Nintendo Switch.

According to the reconstruction carried out by the police, which was to a certain extent confirmed by the accused himself, who was arrested a few minutes after the attack, a Nintendo Switch had been confiscated from the boy, which was presumably used in class or in any case at school where it is The use was not allowed.

After the incident, the boy followed the teacher (or some type of governess) down the corridors and attacked her from behind with unprecedented violence, throwing her to the ground and then delivering a series of particularly vicious punches. The Video which has been published in several American magazines is somewhat disturbing and definitely not recommended for impressionable audiences, you may be able to see it at this address.

The rather indifferent reaction of some bystanders also makes us think, which makes the scene even more surreal. The boy from 17 years However, he was then sedated after the woman was already lying unconscious on the ground and was finally arrested. The scene took place at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, and the perpetrator is a boy from a group home whose mental status is being assessed.

The attacker explained that he attacked because a Nintendo Switch was taken away from him and continued to verbally abuse and threaten the death of the educator even after he was handcuffed. The victim was taken to hospital and is said to be recovering from his injuries without any problems, while the boy is in child welfare services on charges of violent assault.