Former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn is escorted by police. He is serving life imprisonment for murdering the brother of a senior judge to force her to drop indictment against him in a prior criminal case.
Former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn was sentenced to death. But due to his useful testimony, his penalty was reduced to life imprisonment, while his accomplices were sentenced to 33-year jail terms.
Banyin was infamous for the murder of Chuwong Sae Tang, the owner of a large construction firm, in 2015, and another case of kidnapping and murdering the brother of a senior judge who was hearing a criminal case against him.
His prison break scheme drew public attention as he worked with a close accomplice, who had been discharged from prison, to devise his jailbreak plan.
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