Charuwan guilty of corruption, gets 2-year term
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The Criminal Court Monday sentenced former auditor general Khunying Charuwan Mainthaka to two years in jail after it found her guilty of making up a seminar to cheat the state budget of Bt294,440.
Charuwan and Kamphee Somjai, the director of the human resource management division of the Office of the Auditor General, were found convicted in making false claims for travelling expense for herself and other staffs of her office in 2003.
The suit was filed against the two by the National Anti-Corruption Commission on September 4 2015.
The NACC alleged in the suit that Charuwan and Kamphee made up a seminar just to allow Charuwan and other staffs to claim travelling expense and accommodation fees for joining a krathin ceremony although the seminar had never taken place.
The unlawful reimbursement of the expenses caused the state to lose Bt294,440.
The court believed the evidences of the NACC and did not believe the testimonies of the two defendants.
The two were released on bail pending an appeal against the ruling.
