KANCHANABURI: Thong Pha Phum Court has rejected a request from construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta to have his electronic monitoring (EM) bracelet removed.
Premchai asked for the tracker to be taken off his right ankle, claiming that bracelet caused a wound which had become inflamed due to his diabetes.
The court rejected the request, saying that the wound was located on Premchai's left, not right, ankle.
The president of Italian-Thai Development Plc was arrested along with three other people on Feb 4, 2018 at an unauthorised camp in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Thong Pha Phum district.
Authorities raided the camp and found firearms, ammunition and the carcasses of a rare black panther, a kalij pheasant and a barking deer.
The four suspects were charged with illegal possession of wildlife carcasses and other poaching-related offences, which earned Premchai a 16-month jail sentence last year.
His driver, Yong Dodkruea, received a jail term of one year and one month, while his maid, Nathee Riamsaen, was handed a four-month suspended sentence.
Premchai's aide Thanee Thummat was sentenced to three years and five months in jail.
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In December last year, Court of Appeal Region 7 increased Premchai's jail term to three years and two months, while his driver's sentence was raised to three years and five months and Thanee's to three years and nine months.
Following the Appeal Court's ruling, they were freed after posting one-million-baht bail, pending an appeal to the Supreme Court.
They were granted bail on condition they wore an EM ankle bracelet and did not travel abroad.
The quartet reported to the court on Jan 9, ahead of the Jan 13 deadline set for them to do so as part of their bail terms.
Premchai's lawyer, Withoon Yaemprai, said they will file an appeal with the Supreme Court on Feb 11.