Thread: TV News Anchor, Co-Defendants Plead Innocent in 138M Baht Embezzlement Case

Ex-news anchor Sorrayuth may face new charges

Former Channel 3 TV news anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda may face more charges in the cheating of MCOT Plc out of 138.7 million baht in advertising revenue.

Investigators from Phaya Thai police station on Tuesday gave public prosecutors an investigation report recommending new charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and falsifying documents against Sorrayuth, his company Rai Som Co, and two others for their role in the MCOT advertising scam.

The two individuals named in the lawsuit are.....

Ex-news anchor Sorrayuth may face new charges | Bangkok Post: news

I thought all highly placed people in Thailand stole from the state, so he pinched a bit from state television, but he was not as bad as that BBC Jimmy Saville

TV anchor Sorrayuth hit with new B138m lawsuit

The Office of the Attorney-General on Thursday charged broadcaster Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda and others with forging documents and using them to damage Mcot Plc to the tune of 138 million baht.

The charges stem from advertising revenue embezzled from Mcot during the term of a TV news programme he hosted a decade ago.

Somnuek Siangkong, spokesman of the attorney-general, said public prosecutors had laid charges in the Criminal Court, alleging the forging of documents, use of the forged documents and damaging of documents to cause financial loss to another party.

The charges related to the embezzlement case in which Sorrayuth's Rai Som Co and a former Mcot employee colluded to conceal advertising revenue earned by his Kui Kui Kao news talk programme from February 2005 to April 2006. The income should have been shared with Mcot under the programme contract.

Rai Som Co paid then-Mcot employee Pichapa Iamsa-ard about 650,000 baht during the period to conceal the advertising records and she used correction fluid in doing so.

That enabled Rai Som to withhold advertising revenue that was due to Mcot, a loss totalling 138 million baht.

Public prosecutors charged that the defendants falsified 139 documents recording the advertising in the TV programme, from January to May 2006, with the intent of misleading Mcot.....

TV anchor Sorrayuth hit with new B138m lawsuit | Bangkok Post: news

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

TV anchor Sorrayuth hit with new B138m lawsuit

The Office of the Attorney-General on Thursday charged broadcaster Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda and others with forging documents and using them to damage Mcot Plc to the tune of 138 million baht.

The charges stem from advertising revenue embezzled from Mcot during the term of a TV news programme he hosted a decade ago.

Somnuek Siangkong, spokesman of the attorney-general, said public prosecutors had laid charges in the Criminal Court, alleging the forging of documents, use of the forged documents and damaging of documents to cause financial loss to another party.

The charges related to the embezzlement case in which Sorrayuth's Rai Som Co and a former Mcot employee colluded to conceal advertising revenue earned by his Kui Kui Kao news talk programme from February 2005 to April 2006. The income should have been shared with Mcot under the programme contract.

Rai Som Co paid then-Mcot employee Pichapa Iamsa-ard about 650,000 baht during the period to conceal the advertising records and she used correction fluid in doing so.

That enabled Rai Som to withhold advertising revenue that was due to Mcot, a loss totalling 138 million baht.

Public prosecutors charged that the defendants falsified 139 documents recording the advertising in the TV programme, from January to May 2006, with the intent of misleading Mcot.....

TV anchor Sorrayuth hit with new B138m lawsuit | Bangkok Post: news

Oh dear.....poor old Khun Sorrayuth just keeps digger himself deeper.

Thanks for the update, HM!!

His whole testimony is going to be delivered via exaggerated hand gestures, interspersed occasionally with raised eyebrows, and the odd exclamatory "maaaae", yes.

Appeals Court upholds 13 years and 4 months jail term for Sorrayuth for cheating MCOT

The Appeals Court today (Aug 29) upheld jail sentence for former TV anchor Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda after finding him guilty of cheating state-owned channel MCOT of over 138 million baht in advertising revenue between 2005 and 2006.

The charges were filed by the National Anti Corruption Commission against four defendants. They are Mrs Pichapa Iamsa-ard, an MCOT employee; Rai Som Company; Mr Sorrayuth, Rai Som Company’s owner; and Ms Montha Theeradet, Rai Som Company’s employee.

According to the lawsuit, Sorrayuth founded Rai Som Co in 2004. The company then had a contract with MCOT to co-produce the Kui Kui Khao news programme. Under the contract, Rai Som was allocated advertising slots of between two and five minutes during the news programme.

If its advertisements exceeded the time slots, Rai Som was supposed to pay MCOT a rate of at least 200,000 baht per minute.

However, the four defendants allegedly conceal the records of extra advertising time from February 4, 2005 to June 30, 2006 amounted to 138.79 million baht.

On February 29, 2016, the first court found the four defendants guilty in cheating the MCOT. Mrs Pichapa was sentenced to 20 years in jail while Mr Sorrayuth and Ms Montha was given 13 years and four months each jailterm. The court also ordered Rai Som Co to pay 80,000 baht fine.

The Appeals Court today (Aug 29) upheld the first court’s verdict.

At the court appearance, Sorrayuth denied all the charges and said he would appeal to the Supreme Court. His lawyer is preparing necessary documents to seek bail for Sorrayuth. Earlier he was granted release on a 2-mllion baht bail by the first court.

Appeals Court upholds 13 years and 4 months jail term for Sorrayuth for cheating MCOT - Thai PBS English News

Originally Posted by Hans Mann

His whole testimony is going to be delivered via exaggerated hand gestures, interspersed occasionally with raised eyebrows, and the odd exclamatory "maaaae", yes.

With a Nestle coffee commercial in the middle?

What's even more odd is the fact that he's allowed to work, per his usual workload, during the period of his bail awaiting the appeal hearing.

Popular as he ever was.

^ that wonderful cleanliving image they all crave - everyones dream dad

until he gets busted raping armadillos in the carpark