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OAG eyes leopard appeal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/03/2019
» The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) is mulling whether to appeal Tuesday's court verdict against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who was implicated in the infamous black leopard poaching scandal.
Poaching appeal to focus on cat
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/04/2019
» Prosecutors are confident they can convince the Appeal Court that construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta was present when a rare black leopard was killed.
Premchai's gun killed rare leopard, forensics say
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/03/2018
» A forensic examination shows that the weapon used to kill a rare black Indochinese leopard in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi in February belongs to construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta.
Premchai case 'nothing to do with move'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/12/2019
» Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary chief, Wichian Chinnawong, insisted on Wednesday that his transfer had more to do with personal reasons and not because he had taken the witness stand in the notorious wildlife poaching case involving construction mogul Premchai Karnasuta.
Man who arrested tycoon seeks transfer from wildlife sanctuary
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2019
» KANCHANABURI: Wichian Chinawong, the chief of the western Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary who arrested construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, has requested a transfer for health and family reasons.
Police captain rapped over tycoon's animal cruelty charge
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/03/2018
» A police captain in Kanchanaburi province has been put on probation for accepting a complaint of cruelty to animals, later withdrawn, against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who is accused of illegally hunting endangered animals in a World Heritage forest last month.
Activists warn of 'massive' anti-hunt protest
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/03/2018
» Failure by police to recommend indictments against key suspects in the high-profile wildlife poaching case in Kanchanaburi on charges commensurate with the severity of their alleged crime could spark a mass protest, a leading environmental group has warned.
Tycoon must report to cops Wednesday
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/03/2018
» Police have insisted construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta must report in to officers to acknowledge the bribery charge against him Wednesday.
Faeces find could land tycoon in the poo
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/02/2018
» Human excrement found in front of construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta's vehicle parked in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi, where he allegedly poached wildlife, could tie him to the hunting of a rare black leopard, a park official said.
New court to assess crimes against nature
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/04/2018
» The country's first environmental court will have to calculate the financial losses for crimes that are committed against nature when it opens in 2022, according to Buntoon Srethasirote, a spokesman for the National Reform Committee for Natural Resources and the Environment.