Another chapter has been written in the bizarre history of Supoth Sublom – the former permanent secretary for Transport who has been dogged by allegations of corruption since a February 2011 robbery of his home revealed that he had been stashing epic reserves of “corruption money.”
This Friday, the Criminal Court passed judgment on nine suspects who were accused of orchestrating the robbery. Singthong Jaichomchuen, the group’s ringleader, was given a sentence of 18 years in jail, though this was later commuted to 12, since he offered to cooperate with the court.
The other eight suspects were handed sentences of lesser severity.
In total, the group stole THB18.2 million from Supoth’s home, which they hid for several months before authorities tracked them down.
The problem was, Supoth was never supposed to have that money in the first place. As reported by the Nation, the robbery sparked an investigation into Supoth’s ill-gotten gains by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the results of which are still pending.
