Banyin gets death penalty
published : 21 Jan 2021 at 04:00
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The Criminal Court has sentenced to death former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn for the murder of billionaire construction-firm owner Chuwong Sae Tang in a staged car crash in 2015.
Banyin was convicted of conspiring to kill Chuwong, and concealing the crime for his own vested interest and to evade prosecution. According to the court, Chuwong did not die in the car crash, which was not an accident, but was murdered.
It said evidence and witness accounts presented by the defendants did not carry enough weight to refute those provided by the plaintiffs led by Chuwong s elder sister, Wanpen Thanathammasiri. The court said Banyin also showed no remorse, which gave the court no reason to grant him leniency.
Former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn was sentenced to death. But due to his useful testimony, his penalty was reduced to life imprisonment, while his accomplices were sentenced to 33-year jail terms.