Former TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda arrives to hear the Supreme Court’s decision on Jan 21 this year. He lost his appeal. (File photo)
Royal pardons will mean early release for jailed TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda and red-shirt co-leader Nattawut Saikuar, and a reduced prison term for former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom.
The Royal Gazette on Friday published a royal decree announcing pardons this year for about 30,000 prisoners, and sentence reductions for another 200,000 prisoners, to mark Father’s Day on Dec 5, which was the late King Bhumibol’s birthday.
A source at the Corrections Department said the prisoners who will benefit include Nattawut, co-leader of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and a former deputy commerce and…
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