Wildlife sanctuary officials in forest camouflage hand over the impounded Toyota Land Cruiser to police at Thong Pha Phum station in Kanchanaburi province on Tuesday. It was used by construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta and his companions, who were arrested on the night of Feb 4 for hunting wildlife in the World Heritage Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary. (Photo by Piyarach Chongcharoen)KANCHANABURI: Park officials have added animal cruelty to the charges against construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who was arrested early this month for allegedly hunting wildlife in a World Heritage forest. The 63-year-old construction tycoon and his three companions already faced nine charges - including unauthorised hunting in a wildlife sanctuary, unauthorised hunting of protected wildlife, unauthorised possession of wildlife carcasses, and attempted hunting in a wildlife sanctuary. Other charges were taking firearms into a wildlife sanctuary without authorisation, hiding illegally acquired wildlife carcasses, unauthorised entry into a wildlife sanctuary, unauthorised possession of hunting tools and unauthorised possession of guns and ammunition in the park, along with attempted bribery.

Source: Bangkok Post February 13, 2018 06:45 UTC