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KANCHANABURI: The hunter who was jailed along with construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta for poaching in a wildlife sanctuary has died of cancer after being released to a hospital in Nakhon Pathom province for treatment, a close family friend has confirmed.

Recap: Global shares were mixed yesterday as concerns over inflation, the global economic slowdown and the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war continue to weigh on investor sentiment.

The cabinet yesterday gave the Asia Pacific Potash Corporation (APPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Italian-Thai Development Plc, permission to embark on a 36-billion-baht potash mining project in Udon Thani.

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said two companies sought his advice after they were unsuccessful in bidding for a water production project.

A drive by the Department of Employment to secure employment for physically challenged people in private firms has proved a great success with 1,450 people getting hired, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said.

Jailed tycoon Premchai Karnasuta is fine, sleeps well behind bars and has finished his first 21-day quarantine for Covid-19 control, according to the Corrections Department.

The wife of jailed tycoon Premchai Karnasuta on Wednesday submitted a letter to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin seeking her husband's transfer for medical treatment to a hospital outside Thong Pha Phum Prison in Kanchanaburi province, where he is being held.

The Supreme Court displayed a higher standard in the protection of wildlife as it upheld a lower court's decision to sentence construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta to three years and two months in prison over his wildlife crime conviction, according to academics.

KANCHANABURI: Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta arrived at Thong Pha Phum District Court on Wednesday morning to hear the Supreme Court's ruling on charges of illegal hunting in a wildlife sanctuary.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta to a prison term of two years and six months for hunting in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary nearly four years ago.