"Thung Yai Naresuan"

A Kanchanaburi court jailed construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta for 16 months on Tuesday but acquitted him of poaching a black leopard in a local nature reserve.

Defence witnesses on Wednesday gave the testimonies in the trial of a billionaire construction tycoon accused of leading a poaching expedition that killed a black leopard in a Kanchanaburi wildlife sanctuary earlier this year.

Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta said he was excited when he appeared at court in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pa Phum district on Wednesday to defend himself on poaching-related charges.

“AT THE HEART of the success of wildlife conservation is the forest. With healthy forests and habitats, wild animals can survive. Such a principle is easily comprehensible even by those who do not have much knowledge.”

A TEAM of forensic officers, police and forest rangers yesterday plotted a “crime scene” map at the campsite used by a construction mogul who is facing charges relating to alleged poaching in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, in order to establish how an endangered black leopard was killed.

Embattled ITD president may resign as investigation of alleged poaching continues

IT WAS good teamwork, and more importantly, good spirits and courage to protect the forest that led to the high-profile arrest of a tycoon and his associates for allegedly poaching wildlife in Thung Yai Naresaun Wildlife Sanctuary, part of a World Heritage area.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed on Tuesday that those found guilty in the much-publiciseded suspected poaching case at Kanchaburi wildlife sanctuary will be punished.

High-ranking officials of the Natural Resources and Environment ministry, including the minister, today asked the public to wait for results of the investigation into the arrest of a CEO of huge listed construction firm in a wildlife sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province before passing judgement.