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Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) - Major ordinary share transactions [Member] - Charoong Thai Wire and Cable Public Company Limited [Member] ฿ / shares in Units, ฿ in Millions, $ in Millions	Mar. 14, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 14, 2019 THB (฿) ฿ / shares
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [Line Items]
Approved dividend payments to its shareholders	$ 5.7	฿ 179.1
Approved dividend payments to its shareholders, per share | ฿ / shares		฿ 0.45
Dividend payment date	May 15, 2019	May 15, 2019
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests | $	$ 2.8

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