Prosecutor dismissed for ‘tampering’ in Red Bull case


Hit-and-run: Vorayuth entering Thong Lor police station in Bangkok after he was summoned following the hit-and-run case in this file picture. — AFP

THE Public Prosecutors Commission has decided by a majority vote to discharge senior public prosecutor Chainarong Saengthong-aram for allegedly tampering with evidence.

Chainarong was accused of reducing the speed at which Red Bull scion Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya was driving his Ferrari in the 2012 hit-and-run case from 177kph to less than 80kph.

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