If memory serves, Carlsberg set up a brewery and bottling plant in Thailand, trained up brewers and we're all set to go, when in some sort of quasi-legal sting operation they were forced to hand it over, at way under the market rate, to Mr Chang, who promptly got rid of all the Carlsberg staff. For the first couple of years, until the Thai brewery techs settled in, Chang was very hit or miss, it's alcohol content varying from batch to batch. They took over both the brewery and bottling plant, which is why many of the bottles for some considerable time had the Carlsberg motif.
It probably goes some way towards explaining why Western brewers, distillers or wine makers are reluctant to get involved in Thailand.