A Thai MP, who at one point was involved in Thaksin’s Pheu Thai party, was jailed on Friday for corruption in a housing project. MP Watana Muangsook, who left Pheu Thai to join Thai Sang Thai last 12 months, is charged with eleven counts of corruption, together with abuse of power and demanding bribes.
In 2003, Watana was involved in the Ua Athorn low-cost housing project started by former PM Thaksin. Thaksin’s cabinet accredited one billion baht in state subsidies for the 2.5 billion baht project. It included one million low-cost residences and homes across Thaialnd. Each unit might be bought for four hundred,000 to seven-hundred,000 baht.
After the 2006 military coup overthrew Thaksin’s government, Thailand’s Assets Examinations Committee investigated allegations against the federal government of irregularities. The committee discovered that eighty two.6 million baht from the project’s contractor was paid to Watana through the financial institution accounts of rice dealer Apichart Chansakulporn’s workers. The findings had been handed on to the National Anti-Corruption Commision. In ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์บ้าน , the commission resolved to ship Watana’s case, and the instances of 13 others, to the Office of the Attorney-General.
In 2019, Watana accused the NACC of tampering with witness statements on the scandal.
On Friday, the court confirmed a 99 12 months prison sentence, nevertheless Thai regulation permits a maximum of 50 years.
Watana is 64 years outdated. He began as a lawyer in 1982, before shifting into politics in 1996. He is a graduate of Chulalongkorn University..