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Ex-Yala governor jailed in bogus bomb detector case

Other former provincial officials get lesser sentences

The gate was firmly shut at the mansion of former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak in Pattani’s Muang district on Wednesday, when he was sentenced to eight years in jail for graft in connection with purchases of bogus GT200 bomb detectors. (Photo: Abdullah Benjakat)

Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in the purchase of bogus GT200 bomb detectors from 2007-2009.

He was found guilty and sentenced by the Region 9 Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases.

Teera was one of 12 defendants in the case. The 11 others, all former officials in the province, were given prison terms ranging…

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