Former top Ubon Ratchathani official gets 20 years for graft
The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct slapped a former chief of the Ubon Ratchathani provincial administrative organization with 20 years in prison over corruption.
Pornchai Kowsurat was accused by the National Anti-Corruption Commission of making an illegal advance payment of Bt4.4 million for the purchase of teaching materials.
Pornchai was also accused in several other cases, such as illegally procuring bridge and road construction projects.
