Former Pheu Thai heavyweight Watana Muangsook lost his appeal on Friday as a panel of judges decided to uphold a guilty ruling over his role in irregularities in a low-cost housing project and stood by the prison term of 99 years he was handed earlier.
Former cabinet minister Watana Muangsook has lost his final legal battle, with the Supreme Court’s division for politicians upholding a 50-year jail term for corruption in a low-cost housing project nearly two decades ago.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court’s decision to jail former social development and human security minister Watana Muangsook for 50 years for demanding bribe in a low-cost housing project.