Thai court accepts encroachment case against Deputy Education Minister

[snoop1130]

 

The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases (Region 2) in Rayong province accepted a land encroachment case today (Friday), against Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan Vilawan.

 

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which investigated the case, said it had sufficient evidence to press the charges against her and nine other people, including her father and some land and forestry officials, in connection with three plots of land in the Khao Yai National Park in Prachin Buri province.

 

The officials are accused of helping Kanokwan and her father, Sunthorn, mayor of the Prachin Buri provincial administrative organisation (PAO), obtain title deeds for the land in question in 2002.  Both claimed that the land they bought had already been developed, but an aerial mapping survey, conducted a year after the issuance of the deeds, found the land was still covered with thick forest.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-court-accepts-encroachment-case-against-deputy-education-minister/

 

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[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which investigated the case, said it had sufficient evidence to press the charges against her and nine other people, including her father and some land and forestry officials, in connection with three plots of land in the Khao Yai National Park in Prachin Buri province

Sounds like money exchanging hands for land that wasn't for sale?

[Excel]

14 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Sounds like money exchanging hands for land that wasn't for sale?

And with the acceptance of the case I am sure even more money will change hands to those overseeing and deliberating it.

[hotchilli]

18 minutes ago, Excel said:

And with the acceptance of the case I am sure even more money will change hands to those overseeing and deliberating it.

Absolutely, buying their way out of jail time and finding a financial solution every time.

[spidermike007]

The army and this administration are famous for their tolerance of corrupt officials. Only former officials and cops get convicted. Or has that miraculously changed all of a sudden?