Excommerce minister Boonsong gets 42 years in jail but lawyer to seek bail before appeal

Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, his ex-deputy Poom Sarapol and 16 other defendants were escorted to Bangkok Special Prison on Friday after being found guilty of offences relating to the bogus government-to-government deals under the Yingluck Shinawatra-led administration’s rice-pledging scheme.