Five-year battle for 30mil baht lottery prize ends badly for ‘truth-teller’


Preecha Kraikruan (left) and Charoon Wimool.

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The long battle over a 30-million-baht lottery prize finally came to an end on Tuesday (June 7), as the Supreme Court ruled that the 'truth-telling' plaintiff was actually telling lies.

The Supreme Court held up primary and appeal court rulings that the defendant, Pol Lt Gen Charoon Wimool had not stolen five prize-winning tickets as alleged by the plaintiff Preecha Kraikruan

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