TV celebrity Sorrayuth, two others face embezzlement charge
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The Office of Attorney General Wednesday resolved to arraign TV celebrity Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda and two others for having allegedly embezzled Bt138 million from MCOT Plc.
OAG spokesman Wanchai Rujanawong said the OAG charge will state that Sorrayuth allegedly collaborated with then MCOT staff member Pitchaphan Iamsa-ard and Montha Thiradet of Rai Som Co Ltd, to embezzle the advertising revenue.
Sorrayuth is the owner of Rai Som, which won a contract to hold a news talk programme on Modern Nine TV.
MCOT alleges that Sorrayuth, Pitchaphan, Montha and the company collaborated to cheat the state enterprise of Bt138 million it should have received as revenue from extra advertising time during the news talk programme.
Wanchai said a team of public prosecutors had considered the evidence and found that the evidence was strong enough to substantiate the embezzlement charge.
The OAG will have public prosecutors will charge the four in court soon.
