BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand's supreme court on Wednesday (Dec 8) sentenced construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta (pic) to two and a half years in prison without probation on charges related to the poaching of protected animals, a prosecutor told Reuters.
Premchai, president of Thai construction company Italian Thai Development Pcl, was found guilty of possessing a firearm without a permit, enabling poaching and possessing the carcass of a protected animal, said prosecutor Phanomrit Homnitsakul.
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