PUBLISHED: 6 Sep 2024 at 04: 00
Somying Buabut, a former Pheu Thai Party MP, was given a three-year, four-month prison sentence by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders for corruption related to the construction of a sport industry at a university in Amnat Charoen. However, the court suspended her prison statement for three years.
The attorney general filed a complaint in September 2022 against Somying, a former Amnat Charoen MP, and 11 others for allegedly being corrupt after the Office of the Educational Service Area received the 2012 fiscal time expenditure.
The crime occurred between 2011 and 2013.
The alleged fraud involved manipulating the buying process for a sports discipline restoration project and related equipment, which led to contracts with condition agencies for uninhabitable, poor construction work.
There were 12 accused in the case, with accused Ce. 4-11 being firms and committee members.
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Given that Somying had taken steps to reduce the harm brought on by the subpar design and had no previous record of imprisonment, the court decided to suspend her sentence for three years.
Two other accused even had their words suspended: the second accused, Chinnapat Phumirat, past secretary-general of the Office of the Basic Education Commission, and the seventh accused, the controlling director.
Chinnapat allegedly sought to secure funding for the school’s legitimate financial gain.