Former Chiang Mai MP of Pheu Thai party Mr Kasem Nimmonrat was on Thursday sentenced to 12-month jailterm after he was found guilty of covering up his assets and giving false information about his assets by the Supreme Court’s criminal division for political office holders.

By a unanimous vote of nine, the court also ordered the confiscation of the ex-MP’s seven items of assets worth about 168 million baht.

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By Thai PBS Reporters