Justice Minister Rutthapon Naowarat conducts an urgent inspection of Bangkok Remand Prison after a raid uncovered a modified VIP room and possible preferential treatment for Chinese inmates.

FOURTEEN prison wardens found guilty of serious misconduct were sacked without benefits, while four others were dismissed from the civil service but kept their benefits, and 193 were hit with lighter disciplinary punishments, Corrections Department chief Pol Colonel Narat Sawetanan said yesterday.