Bangkok, May 2, 2025 (AFP) - In the rough: Thai tycoon sentenced for golf course land fraud

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2025-05-02

A Thai court sentenced a billionaire businessman to 24 years in prison for expanding his luxury golf resort into a nature reserve, local media said. Anti-graft prosecutors filed a case in 2021 accusing metal magnate Prayudh Mahagitsiri of colluding with officials to obtain land deeds to extend his Mountain Creek Golf Resort and Residences. The 900-acre (360-hectare) 27-hole resort in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of Bangkok, bills itself......

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