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Former deputy minister Banyin Tangpakorn gets death penalty

The Appeals Court on Friday sentenced a former deputy minister of commerce to death, instead of life imprisonment as earlier imposed, for the murder of a judge’s brother.

The death penalty went to Banyin Tangpakorn, 58, who was earlier found guilty of murdering Veerachai Sakuntaprasert, the elder brother of judge Panida Sakuntaprasert who handled his share theft case, on Feb 4, 2020.

Full story: Bangkok Post

Wassayos Ngamkham
BANGKOK POST

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