Criminal Court convicts Pojaman for tax evasion

The court sentences Pojaman and her brother Bhanapot Damapong to serve three years in jail. Two years for the charges relating to the conspiracy to evade tax. One year for giving falsified statements.

Defendant Kanchanapa Honghern is punished with a two-year jail term for involving in the conspiracy.

The Criminal Court rules out every defence argument on the tax evasion case as insubstantial in rebutting the prosecution evidence.

The court says the prosecution has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the defendants committed a conspiracy to evade tax.

The ruling is addressing a key legal issue whether the three defendants intentionally gave falsified statements to the authorities in order to avoid tax liabilities.

The Criminal Court finds the Shin shares transfer worth Bt738 million in 1997 between Pojaman and her Bhanapot as a conspiracy to evade tax.

The court validates the mandate of the Assets Examination Committee to uncover the wrongdoing.

The ruling says Pojaman and Bhanapot made the shares transfer in the stock market in order to avoid tax liabilities even though there was no real transaction.

Bhanapot admits Pojaman gave shares to him and the court finds this is not a family gift.