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Why an Olympic gold medallist has been arrested
Police said Friday they found and arrested Manus Boonjumnong, 45, a suspect wanted for failing to appear in court on two counts of fraud, at a "hideout" in Nonthaburi province.
On December 12, 2006, Thailand's gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong posing on the podium after winning the Boxing Light Welter 64kg final during the 15th Asian Games in Doha. (AFP)
By: AFP ., Journalists @New Vision
BANGKOK - A fugitive Olympic gold medallist boxer who was on the run after failing to appear in court for lottery fraud has been tracked down by police in Thailand and arrested.
Police said Friday they found and arrested Manus Boonjumnong, 45, a suspect wanted for failing to appear in court on two counts of fraud, at a "hideout" in Nonthaburi province.
The light welterweight boxer, who won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and silver in Beijing four years later, defrauded victims out of 2 million baht ($64,000) in government lottery ticket quotas in 2021.
He was given two years and nine months in prison but failed to appear at court for his sentencing earlier this year.
On Friday, the court ordered his imprisonment at Bangkok Remand Prison