Rice mill owner acquitted of Bt11m embezzlement
THE APPEALS Court has acquitted the owner of the Nopporn rice mill in Chaiyaphum's Ban Khwao district for their roles in the alleged use of forged warehouse receipts to embezzle rice worth Bt11 million, but upheld suspended jail terms for nine farmers in
The development was revealed by outgoing Chaiyaphum Governor Wichian Chantaranothai yesterday.
Wichian, to be installed as the governor of Nakhon Ratchasima next month after serving as Chaiyaphum governor for a year, said it would be up to his successor and related agencies to continue to fight to protect the country’s benefits and take the case to the Supreme Court.
He said he would coordinate with related agencies on the case until it is time for him to leave the northeastern province.
Last June, the lower court handed the Nopporn mill owner a |20-year jail term while the nine farmers received six-month jail |terms, lowered to two-year suspended sentences.
The probe into corruption in the rice-pledging scheme in Chaiyaphum took two years and led to this prosecution.
