Mushroom-picking couple’s jail terms cut to 5 years

KALASIN – The Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced the prison sentences given a mushroom-picking couple from 15 years to five years each for involvement in illegal logging.

Udom Sirisorn, 54, and his wife Daeng, 51, of Non Sa-ard village in Kalasin’s Huai Mek district, arrived at the provincial court to hear the Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday morning. They said they would accept the judgement.

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YONGYUT PHUPUANGPHET,
BANGKOK POST