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Lamp verdict welcome

Kinnaree sculpture-style lampposts are seen on Tuesday in tambon Racha Thewa, Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, where a local administrative chief has been jailed for procurement irregularities involving them. (TV Screen Capture)

Twelve years after the scandal emerged, the arm of justice has finally reached the controversial procurement of Kinnaree sculpture-style lampposts in Samut Prakan province.

Last month, the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases found Songchai Nokkhamin, former president of the Racha Thewa TAO in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan, and another defendant, identified as Wassana, guilty of bid-rigging.

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