
Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in the purchase of bogus GT200 bomb detectors in 2007-2009.
He was found guilty and sentenced on Tuesday by the Region 9 Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases. Teera was one of 12 defendants in the case. The 11 others, all former provincial officials, were given prison terms ranging from nine months to four years and nine months.