Man gets jail for pretending to be former princess's kin
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The Criminal Court yesterday handed a 10-year jail term to a Ratchaburi native over charges of lese majeste, demanding and taking bribes as well as the illegal possession of weapons and ammunition. However, Ekkachai Ployhin's sentence was halved upon con
According to the prosecution, the 28-year-old allegedly told Busakorn Ounchai over the phone that he was a nephew of then-Princess Srirasmi and could help clear her husband Paithoon Nemisaen of drug charges in December 2008. Days later, the family paid Bt1.3 million to Ekkachai, yet Paitoon ended up getting convicted for drug offences.
Police nabbed Ekkachai when they received a complaint.
