Former Thai MP Sira Jenjaka sentenced to 16 months in prison

[snoop1130]

 

Former Palang Pracharath MP Sira Jenjaka was sentenced to 16 months in prison without suspension today (Monday), after Don Mueang District Court found him guilty on five counts of defamation and trespassing charges, filed against him by Mongkutwattana Hospital and its director, Maj-Gen Rienthong Nanna.

 

According to the charge sheet, on May 7th last year, Sira led a group of 4 or 5 men who trespassed on land in Laksi district, near the Mongkutwattana Hospital, where a field hospital was to be built to accommodate COVID-19 patients. The former MP subsequently led about 20 people in a protest against the field hospital project and made offensive remarks against Maj-Gen Rienthong to many people at the construction site.

 

Sira was granted bail by the court after he put up a 21,600 baht bail bond.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/former-thai-mp-sira-jenjaka-sentenced-to-16-months-in-prison/

 

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[ThailandRyan]

And his big leader from the PPRP couldn't exude any special favors for the man....this means he could never use the "Do you know who my daddy is" comment for personal gain.

[In Full Agreement]

 

It must become so depressing to the Thai people to see such overt corruption among their leaders.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

It must become so depressing to the Thai people to see such overt corruption among their leaders.

They're de-sensitised.. decades of witnessing this at the top.

[OneMoreFarang]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

was sentenced to 16 months in prison without suspension

[...]

was granted bail by the court after he put up a 21,600 baht bail bond.

I guess that's what they call Thai logic. 

[Burma Bill]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Mongkutwattana Hospital and its director, Maj-Gen Rienthong Nanna.

Well I never - hospital director a Major-General, not a doctor or a professor????