He’s back! From anchor’s desk to jail cell, paroled Sorayuth announces return to ‘Morning News’

Sorayuth Suthassanachinda will climb back to the top five years after he was brought down for embezzlement.

The television news personality who commanded audiences of millions via Morning News was paroled last month after serving 14 months of an eight-year jail sentence for defrauding state-run MCOT of THB138 million (US$4.4 million). His return from the wilderness will begin as soon as May, when he returns to the Channel 3 show he stepped down from five years ago.

Sorayuth appeared in a sharp suit alongside four other anchormen – Kitti Singhapat, Donyakrit Dangwanpeesee, Pasit Apinyawat, Kanchai Kamnoedploy – in a dramatic video announcing his return. 

#MorningNews has been a top-trending hashtag on Thai Twitter since this morning.

Through his daily broadcasts flanked by young women in coordinated outfits, Sorayuth played a role in shaping the national…