BANGKOK -- Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has become a major shareholder of industrial conglomerate Siam Cement Group (SCG) with a 0.76% stake worth 4.6 billion baht ($138 million), expanding his holdings in Thai blue-chip companies.
Controlling some 9 million shares, the king is now SCG's 15th-largest shareholder in his own right, according to a list of the company's major shareholders.
