Thai construction tycoon gets jail term for poaching of protected animals


Reuters | Bangkok | Updated: 08-12-2021 09:42 IST | Created: 08-12-2021 09:33 IST
Thai construction tycoon gets jail term for poaching of protected animals
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Thailand's supreme court on Wednesday sentenced construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta to two and a half years in prison without probation on charges related to the poaching of protected animals, a prosecutor told Reuters.

Premchai, president of Thai construction company Italian Thai Development Pcl, was found guilty of possessing a firearm without a permit, enabling poaching and possessing the carcass of a protected animal, said prosecutor Phanomrit Homnitsakul.

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