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Former MP gets jail for B5m bribe

Pheu Thai member sought kickback in return for not cutting a department budget

Anurak Tangpanitanon, a former Pheu Thai MP for Mukdahan, was exposed by a civil servant who said the MP demanded 5 million baht in return for not cutting his department’s budget. (Photo: Thai Journalists Association)

A former Pheu Thai MP for Mukdahan has been sentenced to six years in jail for demanding a 5-million-baht bribe.

The sentence against Anurak Tangpanitanon was handed down on Tuesday by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions.

Mr Anurak plans to appeal the sentence.

He had been found guilty earlier of demanding the bribe in exchange for passing a proposed budget…

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