AMLO chief Sihanart Prayoonrat said Kao claimed to have been robbed by four Taiwanese men at his home in Chiang Mai. However, once the suspects were arrested and seized with the cash in December the same year, Kao suspiciously left for Taiwan the following day without waiting to reclaim the cash and did not return to Thailand.
Police later learned that Kao was allegedly involved in a “call-centre” scam and the cash was believed to have been acquired illegally, he said.