The court ordered the former director and deputy director of Samsen Wittayalai to be jailed for 18 years and 24 months each for taking Pae Jea into their own pockets.

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases orders imprisonment of the former director and deputy director of Samsen Wittayalai School. Called Pae Jea from parents into their own pockets, each 18 years and 24 months, and jointly repaying 7 hundred thousand baht

Today (24 April) the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Appointment to read the verdict in the case in which the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the plaintiff, filed a lawsuit against Mr. Wirot Samruan, former director of Samsen Wittayalai School, and 3 others as defendants in the case of jointly committing an offense by Retrieve donations from student parents without entering into the financial system for the school’s income and work together to fraudulently misappropriate donations

In this case, the plaintiff alleges that between January 2017 and June 2017, Mr. Wirot, the first defendant, as the director of Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School, and the second defendant, the deputy director of Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School, jointly committed an offense by demanding compensation. Donations from 6 students’ parents were not entered into the financial system as income for the school. and together fraudulently misappropriated donations to belong to the two defendants. and also together with the third defendant, a teacher at Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School, used their position power illegally to rape or induce the school’s financial and accounting officers. Filling in information in the receipt document that is not true, which is an act of malpractice, requesting punishment for defendants 1-2 according to the Criminal Code Sections 147,148, 157,162(1), (5) in conjunction with Sections 86,90, 91 According to the Organic Act on Prevention and Suppression of Corruption, B.E. 2542 and requesting punishment of the third defendant according to Section 148, Section 157 and Section 162 (1), (4) together with Section 86 of the Criminal Code. 90 and Section 91 according to the Organic Act on Prevention and Suppression of Corruption, B.E. 2542, Section 123/1 in accordance with the Organic Act on Prevention and Suppression of Corruption, B.E. . 2018 Section 192 and request the confiscation of assets or benefits that may be calculated as income.

The court considered and found that In the offense of conspiring to extort donations, the plaintiff had 6 parents who testified that defendants 1 and 2 jointly received donations that they intended to give to Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School so that their children could be considered for them. Studying in a school with special conditions But no receipt was issued. The amount of money that the parents claimed was consistent with the evidence of withdrawal of money from the bank account and neither of them had ever had any cause for anger with the 1st and 2nd defendants before. The 1st and 2nd defendants testified that the money received had been taken. Give it to the network committee for recruiting students and mobilizing resources to participate in
The educational arrangements appointed by the second defendant are

But the establishment of the said network committee Not approved by the Basic Education Commission This is not in accordance with the guidelines for resource mobilization of educational institutions. Under the Office of the Basic Education Commission Moreover, the receipt of money by the said committee must comply with the rules for disbursing money from the treasury. Preserving money and sending money to the treasury, B.E. 2008, and the regulations of the Office of the Basic Education Commission regarding the management of revenue collection for basic educational institutions that are juristic persons under the education service area, B.E. 2008 But the said committee broke all regulations. Because when receiving the donation There was no exit. Receipts are provided and donations are not immediately credited to the school bank account. But the money was kept in a safe in the second defendant’s office, which was not a government safe. The person appointed to receive donations is not a member of the money keeping and counting committee appointed by the school. Money stored in a safe according to regulations must not exceed 30,000 baht per day and be kept in The safe can be kept for no more than 3 days, but the money is kept for more than 3 days. There is no immediate counting of the donations received to import into the school’s accounting system to register and control school income. and also kept a large amount of money reaching into the millions The exact amount cannot be verified. Therefore, the appointment of the network associate committee is an appointment that is not liked and does not have the authority to mobilize resources to preserve money on behalf of the school. and also found suspicious that While collecting donations It appears that there is a video clip that the representative of the parents secretly recorded while the donations were being delivered to defendants 1 and 2, published in the mass media. After the first defendant made a statement, the three defendants hurriedly followed the financial officer to issue a retrospective receipt, and the donor’s name was not specified on the receipt. which cannot be deducted from taxes, then immediately put the donation into the school’s savings account system It is an act to conceal one’s guilt. and the mistake has been completed. Therefore, the defense of defendants 1 and 2 cannot be heard. As for the offense of conspiring to rape or influence the financial and accounting officials of the school. Filling in false information in the receipt document on the basis that you are an official responsible for making the document. Receive documents or fill in information that is false and aims to prove the truth. When the second defendant who signed the receipt There is no direct duty in issuing the receipt. The 1st defendant did not sign and the 3rd defendant has no direct duty and no general duty regarding the issuance of the receipt. and rape or induce any person to give or obtain it. which property or any other benefits The three defendants jointly had the financial officer fill in the information on the receipt. It is not a gift or acquisition of property or any other benefit. And the actions of the three defendants did not forcefully rape the financial officers. It is a voluntary act. Actions of defendants 1 and 2 Therefore, it is not an offense according to the said charge. Therefore, the 3rd defendant is not guilty of being a supporter.

The verdict was that defendants 1 and 2 were guilty of crimes according to Section 147 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Section 83. The actions of defendants 1 and 2 were different offenses. Every offense must be punished as an offense. According to the Criminal Code, Section 91

Imprisonment of defendants 1 and 2 on each count of 5 years, a total of 6 counts, for a total of 30 years in prison each. The evidence and admissions of defendants 1 and 2 are beneficial to Some consideration There is a reprieve. Reduce the sentence for defendants 1 and 2 on each count by one-third. According to the Criminal Code, Section 78, the 1st and 2nd defendants are imprisoned for 3 years and 4 months per count, for a total of 6 counts, with a total of 18 years and 24 months in prison each. The 1st and 2nd defendants must jointly pay or replace each other in paying the money or any other benefit calculated. The price of the income is 7 hundred thousand baht, with the said amount being forfeited to the state. and dismiss the case against the 3rd defendant

After hearing the defendant’s verdict 1,2 Apply for bail which the Central Criminal Court for Corruption Cases Sent to the Court of Appeal to consider the request for temporary release. It is expected to be known within 1-3 days.

Reporters reported that The court conducted 7 proceedings, totaling the period from the filing date (June 6, 2023) to the judgment reading date of 10 months and 18 days.