"World's future richest man" arrested in Phuket


BANGKOK: Chinese national Zhang Jian, the self-proclaimed "future richest man in the world", has been arrested in Thailand.

According to Thailand daily The Nation, he was arrested by local police over a pyramid scheme that reportedly duped people in China and Malaysia out of 6bil bhat (RM600mil) and 3bil bhat (RM300mil) respectively.

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