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Related Party Transactions - Outstanding Balances and Transactions with Related Parties (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | $ 12,061 | $ 13,354 |
Amounts due to related parties | 2,997 | 7,342 |
Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties |  | 88 |
Amounts due to related parties | 45 | 1,019 |
Purchases | 521 | 18,170 | $ 8,596
Sales | 14 | 1,457 | 493
Fabrication Income received | 412 | 208 |
Management fee received |  |  | 4
Management fee paid | 136 | 143 | 145
Information technology service fee paid | 115 | 114 | 118
PEWC, Singapore Branch [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 15 | 15 |
Management fee received | 14 | 14 | 14
PEWC Singapore Co. (Pte) Ltd. [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties | 1,005 | 1,008 |
Interest expenses paid | 21 | 15 | 11
PEWC (HK) [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 5,989 | 7,420 |
Amounts due to related parties | 399 | 2,394 |
Purchases | 2,479 | 4,180 | 6,331
Sales | 23,498 | 24,437 | 25,546
Service fee paid | 231 |  |
Immediate Holding Company [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties |  | 1,537 |
Income from discharge of liability | 1,537 |  |
Siam Pacific Holding Company Limited [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 181 | 180 |
Amounts due to related parties | 1,362 | 1,362 |
Italian-Thai and affiliates [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due from related parties | 5,876 | 5,651 |
Sales | 6,814 | 6,203 | 3,058
Construction of factory building expenses and acquisition of assets |  |  | 285
Fujikura Limited [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties | 136 |  |
Purchases | 750 | 1,115 | $ 1,064
Others [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [Line Items] |  |  |
Amounts due to related parties | $ 50 | $ 22 |

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