PUBLISHED : 12 Aug 2023 at 04:00
NEWSPAPER SECTION: News
A panel of Supreme Court judges yesterday stood by a decision to sentence former Pheu Thai MP Narisorn Thongthirach to 12 months in prison for casting votes for colleagues during House meetings in 2013.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions earlier found him guilty of misconduct and handed down the 12-month jail term. The politician appealed the sentence in February and asked for a suspended sentence.
The judges, reviewing the appeal, upheld the jail term, saying they found no grounds to suspend the sentence and he was also found guilty in a similar case in which he was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
Narisorn was previously impeached over this case by the National Legislative Assembly in 2016 and was barred from holding political or government office for five years.