The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in Thailand handed down 20-year prison sentences to the former director and the former deputy director of Samsenwittayalai School.
The two were found guilty of accepting bribes from parents, colloquially termed “tea money,” to secure their children’s admission to the school in 2017. Additionally, the court ordered the pair to pay a forfeiture of 700,000 baht.
Viroj Samluan and Phusit Prayoonanuthep were charged under the Criminal Code’s Sections 147, 148 and 157 for malfeasance and the Organic Act on Supplementing the Constitution Relating to the Prevention and Suppression of Corruption (1999) for bribery. Viroj was specifically charged with accepting 400,000 baht from a parent to ensure their child’s enrolment and was linked to other bribery cases summing up to 8 million baht.
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