Former Yala governor, Teera Mintrasak, aged 59, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in connection with the purchase of fraudulent GT200 bomb detectors from 2007-2009. The sentence was delivered by the Region 9 Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases.
Teera was among 12 defendants involved in the case, with the other 11, all of whom were former officials in the province, receiving prison sentences ranging from nine months to four years and nine months.
Deputy spokesman of the Office of the Attorney General, Kosolwat Intuchanyong, stated that the judgement in the 12 cases was announced on Tuesday. The cases were initially filed with the court in 2021, and the 12 defendants were charged with malfeasance under Section 157 of the Criminal Code concerning the procurement of GT200 bomb detectors through two contracts.
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