Premchai Karnasuta (left) and the remains of the protected black leopard. A formal indictment on Wednsday charged Mr Premchai with offering authorities 'anything you want' if they allowed him to walk away from the case. (File photo provided)Public prosecutors indicted construction magnate Premchai Karnasuta and his associate on a charge of bribery Wednesday in connection with their alleged poaching in Kanchanaburi's Thungyai Naresuan wildlife sanctuary in February. Mr Premchai insisted he did not shoot the leopard and maintains his innocence. They are carrying firearms in public without permission, colluding to hunt wildlife in a wildlife sanctuary without permission, conspiring to hunt protected wildlife without permission, possessing protected wildlife carcasses without permission, concealing wildlife carcasses obtained illegally, and collecting wildlife items in a national forest reserve without permission.

Source: Bangkok Post May 23, 2018 21:56 UTC