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A third member of Thaksin Shinawatra's legal team yesterday began serving a six-month jail sentence over the two-million-baht snack box cash incident.
Thana Tansiri, a relative of Khunying Potjaman, Mr Thaksin's wife, was seen being whisked away from Bamrungrad hospital by police and corrections officials to the Supreme Court.
Handcuffed, he wore a cap, sunglasses and had covered his mouth with a gauze mask.
The team's legal coordinator faced an arrest warrant after he failed to show up when the Supreme Court handed down its guilty verdicts and jail sentences for contempt of court on June 25.
After the court read out its verdict yesterday, Thana was sent to Bangkok Special Prison where lead lawyer Pichit Chuenban is already serving a six-month sentence.
Legal assistant Supasri Srisawat was also sentenced to six months' imprisonment for contempt of court in the same snack box case.
Pichit was representing Mr Thaksin in both the Ratchadapisek land plot case and in the SC Assets Co share concealment case.
Thana had reportedly been set to turn himself into the police today but decided to do so yesterday instead.
A source said that the reason the defendant gave himself up was because he did not want reporters to follow him around everywhere.
Wanchai Rujanawong, the director-general of the Corrections Department, said that Thana would undergo physical and mental check-ups just as was the case with other detainees.
After finding them guilty of contempt of court, the Supreme Court then filed a complaint with police against them for alleged bribery.
Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay Nimmano, chief of Metropolitan Police Division 1, said that police would wrap up an investigation into the three lawyers for the alleged bribery within 30 days.
Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay said police investigators were sent to question seven Supreme Court officials over the snack box incident to gather evidence.
The Supreme Court yesterday issued a statement on the bribery case, saying the matter would now be handled by police and the prosecution.
The statement followed a Supreme Court judge's earlier comments that judges were keeping a close watch on the investigation into the case.
According to the statement, the court said such remarks were considered personal opinions and they did not represent the Supreme Court or any of the courts of justice.
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