Tourism Minister Juthamas in happier days with boss then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Off to prison for 'unusually rich' Thaksin-era tourism minister Juthamas for film festival bribes between 2003 & 2006. CORRUPTIONBangkok Festival corruption: 15 years of prison for ex-minister24/03/2017Online ReportersFormer Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor Juthamas Siriwanm, 70, was sentenced to 50 years in prison today. Jittisopha, 43, her daughter, received a 44-year prison sentence for ill-gotten wealth that her mother transferred to her. After bribing the Thai tourism boss an alleged US$1.8 million (63.3 million baht), the US couple was awarded a 60-million-baht contract to host the annual Bangkok International Film Festival between 2003 and 2006.

Source: Bangkok Post March 29, 2017 09:10 UTC