Vatana's Son Gets Suspended Jail Term For Assaulting Traffic Police

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Vatana's son gets suspended jail term for assaulting traffic police

By The Nation

Chonsawat Asavahame, a son of Puea Pandin Party chief advisor Vatana Asavahame, was Tuesday convicted of assaulting a traffic policeman and got a suspended jail term.

The Criminal Court found Chonsawat, his two aides - Sakul Pramoolchai and Pratya Chaiyakul - guilty of assaulting a traffic policeman of Makkasan police station at 2 am on May 21 last year.

They were also found guilty of preventing the policeman, Sergeant Prarop Saengnil, from carrying out his duty to test alcohol blood level on Chonsawat, who is now assistant secretary to the Information and Communications Technology minister.

The court initially sentenced Chonsawat and Sakul to 12-month imprisonment and a fine of Bt9,000 each and Pratya to 10 months in jail and a fine of Bt8,000.

But the court lifted the imprisonment on ground that the three had confessed. They were put on probation for three years.

They were required to report themselves to probation officers for four times in the first year.

Pratya was also ordered to do community services for 24 hours.

Chonsawat used to be the mayor of Paknam Municipality. He was impeached on corruption charges.

His father was convicted in the Klong Dan waste water treatment corruption case. He fled the country reportedly to Cambodia's Poi Pet.

The Nation

www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/10/28/national/national_30087021.php

[basjke]

Looks to me like the ideal family.

[Seneque]

They confessed, so everything is fine ...!

Very satisfying to know these people are part of the government ...

[Tony Clifton]