News Forum - Prominent Thai MP jailed for housing project corruption

[Thaiger]

A Thai MP who at one point was involved in Thaksin’s Pheu Thai was jailed on Friday for corruption in a housing project. MP Watana Muangsook, who left Pheu Thai to join Thai Sang Thai last year, is charged with 11 counts of corruption, including abuse of power and demanding bribes. In 2003, Watana was involved in the Ua Athorn low-cost housing project started by former PM Thaksin. Thaksin’s cabinet approved one billion baht in state subsidies for the 2.5 billion baht project. It included one million low-cost apartments and houses across Thaialnd. Each unit could be sold for 400,000 […]

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[Fortuner]

Amazing Thailand took only 16 years to prosecute this lizard I am surprised that he didn’t pass away before the court give him jail time.

[Cathat]

Must have not paid enough to somebody higher up,that's all.

[Graham]

And you can bet the corruption is still going on even in the current establishment. 555

TIT

[palooka]

58 minutes ago, Fortuner said:

Amazing Thailand took only 16 years to prosecute this lizard I am surprised that he didn’t pass away before the court give him jail time.

Supposed crime 2003, jailed 2022, 19 years to get their man, puts the Canadian Mounties to shame.

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

1 minute ago, palooka said:

Supposed crime 2003, jailed 2022, 19 years to get their man, puts the Canadian Mounties to shame.

Surely a statute of limitations for this ….. red Bull has nearly run out

[palooka]

3 minutes ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

red Bull has nearly run out

His family has probably paid their dues, maybe this bloke is honest and did not.

[King Cotton]

11 minutes ago, Graham said:

And you can bet the corruption is still going on even in the current establishment. 555

TIT

Looks like you're after the 'Understatement of the Day' award, there, @Graham. . . nice one! 

[Guest1]

1 hour ago, Fortuner said:

Amazing Thailand took only 16 years to prosecute this lizard I am surprised that he didn’t pass away before the court give him jail time.

That was, perhaps, the hope? it would have stopped all further investigations.  

What i am missing: What happens to the 80 million Thai baht? And the profits, assets, bought with it? Stays with the family? As it would have anyway, if he would have died before the sentence was given?