MILESTONES

UPHELD: By the Appeal Court, money laundering charges and prison sentences for a Dutch man and his Thai wife with marijuana-coffee shop connections. Johannes Petrus Maria van Laarhoven, 57, and Mingkhwan van Laarhoven, 35, were arrested in 2014. They claimed they made money with their Amsterdam shops but authorities found 300 million baht, property, land and cars including five Porches. The husband’s 20-year sentence was confirmed while Mingkhwan got seven years and four months.

RECEIVED: On her 50th birthday, the greatest gift that any female ex-prime minister under criminal indictment could possibly receive: her six millionth Facebook follower. There were more VIPs at the recent birthday of the thankfully ex-dictator Suchinda Kraprayoon than at the one for Cruella na Bung Kum, but Gen Suchinda has fewer online fans.

DISAPPOINTED: By panda Lin Hui, the Chiang Mai Zoo. Animal workers gave the panda artificial insemination in February, but tests last week showed she wasn’t pregnant after all.

DONE: In 60 days, the full investigation and recommendation to indict Pasist Arinchalapis, 31, aka Sin Sae Shogun, and nine of her friends. The quick wrap of the case covered 517 alleged victims of the Wealth Ever pyramid scheme. It fell apart on April 11 when “investors” due for a trip to Japan had no flight, and filed charges.

NAMED: By the ageing (81) Saudi Arabian King Salman, a new heir. The king completely rewrote succession and appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince. Mohammed was defence minister and considered a pro-US hawk, particularly against Shia Iran.

KILLED: Apparently by a Lao in a shooting incident that greatly concerned Beijing, a Chinese worker in Xaysomboun province. Nothing else is known about the killing, which brought a “safety warning to Chinese citizens in Laos” and a demand to Vientiane to find the killer.