Jail terms for three land officials in Phuket corruption case

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Jail terms for three land officials in Phuket corruption case

By Piyanuch Thamnukasetchai 
The Nation

 

 

The Criminal Court on Monday handed down prison sentences to all three surviving offenders in the Phuket land-corruption case, while the Land Department was ordered to revoke the land deed at issue in the case.

 

The court sentenced the first defendant, Narong Ounseam, the land surveyor, to five years in jail; the second defendant, Sommit Suebsin, the kamnan of Tambon Cheung Thale, to three years and four months in prison; and the chief of the land surveyor division, Yuhad Pattanasuree – who had earlier confessed to his crime – to a two-year term.

 

A fourth defendant in the case, Land Department officer Thawatchai Anukul, had died while in custody.

 

The court also ruled that the land deed at issue was illegal, because it was clear that the Sor Kor 1 document for another piece of land had been used for registering the land deed in question.

 

The court therefore ordered the Land Department to revoke the deed. 

 

The problematic 6-rai (one hectare) plot of land is situated on Lae Phang Beach in Phuket’s Talang district.

 

Department of Special Investigation deputy director-general Pol Lt-Colonel Prayvuth Wongsrinin said that the owner of the plot had conspired with the defendants to illegally register the deed for what was in fact public land, and then sold the land for Bt330 million to another buyer.

 

As to the original land owner Supakorn Dechopanang, Prayvuth said the investigating officers had probed this issue in a separate case concerning an allegation of illegally encroaching onto public forestland and money laundering.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30328895

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-10

[Get Real]

I wish them all a happy time in the slammer.

[LivinginKata]

At long last corrupt land officials are being punished. Let this be a deterrent to all of them.

[craigt3365]

57 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

At long last corrupt land officials are being punished. Let this be a deterrent to all of them.

Fantastic news!

[colinneil]

Three down, thousands more still out there.

[stuarty]

Where is the one hectare site at Laypang beach? Anyone know what's on it now?

[retarius]

How did the inquiry into Anukul end up? Wasn't he the one who was supposed to have killed himself with his own socks?

[fxe1200]

1 hour ago, retarius said:

How did the inquiry into Anukul end up? Wasn't he the one who was supposed to have killed himself with his own socks?

...yep. He was suicided.

[oldsailor35]

I don't see the name Suthep anywhere here ?

 

[greenchair]

30 minutes ago, oldsailor35 said:

I don't see the name Suthep anywhere here ?

 

It died with anukul . ?

[greenchair]

6 hours ago, retarius said:

How did the inquiry into Anukul end up? Wasn't he the one who was supposed to have killed himself with his own socks?

Yes, that's why there are only 3 quiet defendants. 

[craigt3365]

33 minutes ago, oldsailor35 said:

I don't see the name Suthep anywhere here ?

 

His name is in a different thread.  Please stick to the topic.

[layan]

7 hours ago, stuarty said:

Where is the one hectare site at Laypang beach? Anyone know what's on it now?

Ex nikki now dream beach club,3 rai and another 4rai layan beach restaurant,huh huh

[bokningar]

2 hours ago, layan said:

Ex nikki now dream beach club,3 rai and another 4rai layan beach restaurant,huh huh

Hope you are right and that they tear it all down.

And I hope to see more sentences like this