Pongpat and Kowit get another 10 years' jail for money laundering
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Former crime-buster Pol Lt-General Pongpat Chayaphan and a close police aide were Tuesday given 10-year jail terms for money laundering. Five other members of the racket he ran received lesser penal ties.
It was the third sentence Pongpat and Pol Maj-General Kowit Wongrungroj have received. An earlier court verdict on January 30 sentenced both men to six years for benefiting from a gambling den, while a second verdict on February 12 saw Pongpat given a nine-month term for violating a forestry-related law.
The Criminal Court Tuesday also sentenced another policeman, Pol Maj-General Bunsueb Phraitheun, and four civilians to lighter penalties for their roles supporting money laundering under Pongpat’s racketeering.
The Nation
