Police ex-chief Chalor freed after 19 years jail
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Disgraced former police commissioner Chalor Kerdthes, who was at the centre of the infamous Saudi Blue Diamond case, was freed Saturday after serving 19 years in Bang Kwang Prison for his involvement in abduction and double murders in 1994, a senior Corre
Chalor, 72, would have to report himself to a probation official at the Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court every month.
Bang Kwang central prison commander Wasant Singkhaselit said Saturday that he had approved the suspension of punishment for Chalor. The former police commissioner was released at 2pm on Friday on the grounds that he had served a jail term of more than 19 years – more than two-thirds of his sentencing – and he was over 70 years old with chronic illness.
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