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	The day after he kicked Somkiat in Parliament on April 2, 2008, Karun gave an interview to a radio and a television station which the court considered defaming Somkiat.</p>
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	The court initially sentenced Karun to six months in jail and Bt20,000 fine for each interview. However, since Karun has a clean record and is now an MP, the court ordered a probation of two years and told him to publish the verdict in three newspapers for three days.&nbsp;</div>
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Karun found guilty of libel

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Karun found guilty of libel

The Criminal Court has given Pheu Thai MP Karun Hosakul a suspended one-year jail term and fined him Bt40,000 after finding him guilty of libel against former Democrat MP Somkiat Pongpaibul.

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