Former Democrat MP jailed for state land encroachment
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Former Democrat MP Pracha Phothiphiphit was Friday sentenced to one year in jail for encroaching on a vast state-owned area in Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi provinces.
A former influential kamnan based in Kanchanaburi, Pracha, 71, has been released on bail for a guarantee worth Bt100,000, during a period his appeals is underway.
He was present at Friday's hearing after undergoing hospital treatments recently for his ill health.
The Criminal Court judges found him guilty of having extensively encroached on nearly 1,200 rai of state-owned land in both western provinces between 1990 and 2004, although he later purchased the entire areas.
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