A recent court ruling unfurled in the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases which witnessed a former appellate court judge handed a five-year prison sentence. The sentencing comes as a consequence of corruption allegations involving a whopping 20 million baht bribe request dating back to 2018. The judge had famously sought the bribe from an arrested Taiwanese individual, significantly affecting the judicial justice system’s integrity.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) was instrumental in bringing this judicial anomaly to light, charging the judge under the Organic Act on Anti-corruption in addition to NACC regulations pertaining to bribery. NACC records indicate that the Taiwanese individual’s arrest occurred from November to December 2018 and was held in remand at Samut Prakan Provincial…
