Court acquits Boss Paul, two others in 2.5m-baht money-laundering case
The Criminal Court acquitted The iCon Group founder and CEO Warathaphon “Boss Paul” Waratyaworrakul, politician Samart Janechaijittawanich and his mother, Wilawan Phutthasamrit, of charges of colluding to launder 2.5 million baht from the direct-sales company.
A public interest litigation has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a CBI or SIT probe into the POCSO case against Veeramani of 'Gem Granites'. The petitioner has also requested that the media be directed to refrain from circulating any content related to the case.
There is no further information available on the case.
A separate case involves former Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who may be released from Kajang Prison to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest, according to his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah. This development is related to Najib's SRC International sentence and a potential stay of his 15-year 1Malaysia Development Bhd sentence.
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