A Thai construction magnate whose conviction on poaching charges became a rare example of the rich and influential facing justice in the country was freed on parole, two months before his prison term ends.
FILE - Thai business tycoon, chairman of Italian-Thai Development Plc, one of Thailand’s top construction firms, Premchai Karnasuta arrives at the wildlife police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand on March 14, 2018. Karnasuta convicted poaching protected animals in a wildlife reserve was freed Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023 on parole two months ahead of the end of his prison term.
The Corrections Department said the 69-year-old Premchai was among more than 100 prisoners getting early release, and that he was exempted from having to wear an electronic ankle monitor because the device would aggravate wounds on his ankles caused by diabetes.
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