Former Pattaya mayor arrested, released on bail

Itthiphol Kunplome, who had previously served as the minister of society, was detained on Monday morning after arriving from Phnom Penh at Suvarnabhumi Airport on suspicion of bribery in a contentious condominium project that Pattaya president approved 15 decades prior.

Later, he was released on judge bond.

He was detained by immigration officials at Bangkok’s major airports when he arrived at 10 a.m. A jury arrest warrant that was issued shortly last month called for his arrest.

For problem cases in Rayong’s northeast state, police took him right away to the public prosecutors’ Region 2 business.

Due to Mr. Itthiphol’s failure to report as directed to open lawyers, the Criminal Court for Misconduct and Corruption Cases in Rayong approved the collar countenance on September 5. He traveled to Cambodia.

According to Prayut Pecharakhun, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Attorney General, Mr. Itthiphol was brought before the court on Monday afternoon in Rayong by prosecutors.

Mr. Itthiphol told the jury he would hire a lawyer to defend him and denied the accusations. In order to give him time to hire counsel, the court postponed the reading until October 31. He was then freed with a loan of 120, 000 baht.

When he was Pattaya president on September 10, 2008, the former cabinet minister is charged with illegally approving the development of the enormous Waterfront Suites & amp, Residences condo building, which overlooks Bali Hai Marina.

Bali Hai Co. was the owner of the job. The building is still being built. There is a directive for its demolishment. & nbsp,

At the base of Khao Phra Tamnak hill, close to Pattaya Bay and Bali Hai Pier, the Waterfront project was intended to have 57 & nbsp floors.

The project’s architecture and the area it was constructed on faced opposition. & nbsp,

Mr. Itthiphol, 50, & nbsp, was the minister for lifestyle up until recently. In July 2019, he was named a member of the second case of former prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Sonthaya Kunplome, a former governor of Pattaya, is his younger brother.