Court finds Mukdahan MP guilty of abuse of office for seeking kickback for favourable budget decision
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions has found Anurak Tangpanitanon, Pheu Thai MP for Mukdahan, guilty of violating the parliamentary ethical code for demanding a 5-million-baht bribe in exchange for passing a proposed budget allocation deal.
The misconduct is also deemed as an abuse of MP authority to obtain personal gains, which is prohibited under Section 87 of…