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Aug 18

Vatana Asavahame Gets 10 Years

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Monday 18th August, 2008 at 22:21:11| Words: 64 words | Category: News Photos

In this May 2007 file photo, Wattana Asavahame, center in black suit, chairman of Puea Pandin party, one of the six political parties in Thailand's coalition government, speaks in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai supreme court on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. He was charged with corruption in connection a water treatment project. Wattana fled the country before being sentenced. (ThaiPhotoBlogs.com/Richard Barrow)




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