Kamnan Sia not fit enough to hear court verdict
The Court of Appeals has postponed the reading of its verdict in the high-profile encroachment case against influential former Democrat MP Pracha Pothipipit after being told the 72-year-old is recovering from surgery following a car accident.
Pracha’s lawyer Friday appeared in court on his behalf to produce a medical certificate and tell the judges the former politician needs time to recuperate.
The court postponed the verdict reading until November 10.
However, it made it clear that if Pracha failed to show up on that date an arrest warrant would be issued against him.
Pracha, widely known as “Kamnan Sia”, encroached almost 1,200 rai (192 hectares) of state land in Kanchanaburi’s Dan Makham Tia district (299 rai) and Ratchaburi’s Suan Phung district (900 rai) between 1990 and 2004.
