Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Sentenced to prison for former director and former deputy Secondary school director Samsen Wittayalai For being an embezzlement official, each 18 years and 24 months, in a case of accepting donations worth 1.44 million baht from the parents of 6 Mathayom 1 students in exchange for admission to school. The incident occurred in 2017 when he was caught not putting money into the system as school income. Both were sent to spend the night at the Bangkok Remand Prison. Waiting for the Court of Appeal to consider the request for temporary release.
At the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on April 24, the court revealed through documents that the verdict was read in the case in which the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the plaintiff, sued Mr. Wirot. Samruan, former director of Samsen Wittayalai School and deputy director and financial officer, are defendants 1-3 on charges of being embezzlement officials and performing duties dishonestly and other charges. In the case of jointly committing an offense by collecting donations from students’ parents without entering them into the financial system to be used as school income and collaborating in fraudulently extorting donations. The court took 7 witness examinations, a total of 10 months and 18 days, before reaching a verdict.
In this case, the NACC, as the plaintiff, alleges that between January and June 2017, the first defendant as the director of Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School and the second defendant as the deputy director. Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School jointly commit an offense Requested donations of 1.44 million baht from parents of 6 Mathayom 1 students in exchange for admission to the school. Without bringing money into the financial system as income for the school, they fraudulently misappropriated donations to belong to the two defendants and also joined with the third defendant, who is a teacher. Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School Wrongfully used the power of his position to rape or induce the school’s financial and accounting officers to fill in information on the receipt documents that were not true, which is an act of malpractice. Requested punishment for defendants 1-2 according to P. Criminal Section 147, Section 148, Section 157 and Section 162 (1), (5) of the Act on Prevention and Suppression of Corruption B.E. 2542 and request that the third defendant be punished according to Section Criminal Section 148, Section 157 and Section 162 (1), (4) of the Act on Prevention and Suppression of Corruption, B.E. 2542, Section 123/1 accompanying the Act. .Regarding preventing and suppressing corruption 2018, Section 192 and requesting the confiscation of assets or benefits that may be calculated as money.
The court considered and found that In the offense of conspiring to extort donations The plaintiff has 6 parents who testified that the 1st and 2nd defendants jointly received the money donated that they wished to give. Samsen Wittayalai Secondary School so that their children can be considered for admission to the school. Special condition type, but no receipt was issued. and the amount claimed by the parent is consistent with evidence of withdrawals from the bank account. And neither of them had ever had any cause for anger with defendants 1 and 2 before. In addition, it was found suspicious that while the donations were being collected, there appeared a video clip that the representative of the parents secretly recorded while the donations were being delivered. to defendants 1 and 2, published through mass media After the first defendant made a statement, the three defendants hurriedly followed the financial officers to issue a retrospective receipt, and the donor’s name was not specified in the receipt. It cannot be deducted from taxes, so hurry and put the donation into the school’s savings account system. It is considered an act to conceal an offense that has already been completed.
As for the offense of conspiring to rape or induce the school’s finance and accounting officer to fill in information. into the receipt which is false and as an official whose duty is to make documents, receive documents, or fill in information in documents that are false and intend to prove the truth of that lie, when the second defendant who is the person who signs the receipt There is no direct duty in issuing the receipt. The 1st defendant did not sign and the 3rd defendant has no direct or general duty regarding Issuing receipts and compulsive acts or inducements to Whoever gave it or obtained it As for property or any other benefits, the fact that the defendants jointly had the financial officer fill in the information on the receipt is not a giving or acquisition of property. or any other benefit, the actions of the three defendants were not forced to rape the financial officials It is a voluntary act. The actions of defendants 1 and 2 are not guilty of the aforementioned charges, while defendant 3 is not guilty of being a supporter.
Defendants 1 and 2 were convicted of being embezzlement officials according to Section 147 of the Criminal Code in the manner of being principals. The actions of defendants 1 and 2 were multiple offenses. Imprisonment of defendants 1 and 2 on each count of 5 years, a total of 6 counts, with a prison sentence of 30 years each. The evidence and confessions of defendants 1 and 2 are of some benefit to consideration. There is a reprieve. Reduce the sentence for defendants 1 and 2 on each count by 1 in 3 according to Criminal Code Section 78, imprisoning defendants 1 and 2 for 3 years and 4 months each, for a total of 6 counts, maintaining imprisonment of 18 years and 24 months each for defendants 1 and 2. jointly pay or replace each other in making payments or any other benefits that may be calculated as income in the amount of 7 hundred thousand baht, such amount of money shall be forfeited to the state. The third defendant’s other charges and other requests were dismissed.
After hearing the verdict, defendants 1 and 2 filed a bond request for bail. Central Criminal Court for Corruption Cases Submit the request of defendants 1 and 2 to the Court of Appeal to consider their request for temporary release before detaining defendants 1 and 2 and sending them to Bangkok Remand Prison. Until the Court of Appeal orders consideration of the request for temporary release.
