Courts issue warrants for arrest of Kamnan Sia and wife
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FORMER Kanchanaburi Democrat MP Pracha “Kamnan Sia” Pothipipit and his common law wife Khemporn Tangjaiyen were facing arrest Tuesday for failing to show up in court to hear the verdict in two separate cases.
For the reading of the verdict on a bidding collusion case in Kanchanaburi in 1999-2001, Khemporn sent her lawyer to ask for a postponement – submitting a doctor’s certificate saying that she had acute diarrhoea, which required rest at home from December 21-23.
The court judge noted that she only had to rest at home – not hospital – so her condition was not so severe that she couldn’t show up, and this behaviour posed a flight risk.
The court issued a warrant for the arrest of Khemporn and said the verdict would be read on Friday at 9am.
The Criminal Court had found Kamnan Sia, Khemporn, Khemporn’s aide Wanna Lorpaiboon and another man, Thawil Sawasdee (now deceased), guilty of illegal detention, blackmail and bidding collusion in a Kanchanaburi construction project in 1999-2001.
