The 35,000 inmates who will be paroled are now in 143 prisons across the country and they are eligible to be released under the new royal decree, Mr Aryut said. The newsman, sentenced to eight years in January 2020 in an advertising revenue embezzlement case, had served two years and four months in total, said Mr Aryut. Jatuporn is eligible to be paroled under a new royal pardon because he has less than a year to serve in prison, said Mr Aryut. Apichart will have nine years left, said Mr Aryut. Some new rules have been added to the new royal decree to allow certain ill elderly prisoners to become eligible to receive a royal pardon as well, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 27, 2021 23:36 UTC