Thailand’s top court ruled Wednesday that a powerful construction tycoon and his underling accomplices must go to jail for their roles in poaching protected wild animals nearly four years ago.
The Supreme Court today upheld the convictions of Italian-Thai Development CEO Premchai Karnasuta on charges of bribery and conspiring to poach wildlife, for which he had been sentenced to a total of two years and six months in jail.
It also upheld the verdicts against two other defendants, Yong Dodkrau and Thani Thummat, who had been sentenced to between two years and nine months to two years and 13 months each. The three must also pay a total of THB2 million (US$60,000) to the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department.
In February 2018, Premchai and his hunting team were discovered with numerous animal carcasses and guns in the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife…
