Noppadon Prueksawan, a former senior official of the Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, was named by Wildlife Conservation Bureau director Kanjana Nittaya during a police interrogation on Friday, according to police. “If police cannot find him, he will be summoned.”According to Thassapoom, Kanjana said that in speaking to Noppadon, she only gave advice about procedures for entering the sanctuary. It has been reported that Noppadon worked as an environmental adviser to the Italian-Thai Development PLC (ITD), whose president is Premchai. They were taken into custody by wildlife rangers on Sunday after being found with firearms, ammunition and carcasses of wild animals, including the endangered black leopard. On Tuesday, they were charged with nine offences related to illegal poaching and possession of wildlife in the World Heritage Site sanctuary.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 10, 2018 06:56 UTC