The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions has disqualified Nakhon Sawan senator Oraphin Mansin and banned her from holding political posts for five years.
The court handed down the verdict against Oraphin who was found to have submitted a false assets declaration to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) concealing a debt of 172 million baht.
The false assets declaration also incurred a criminal charge for which she was given a two-month jail term. But the sentence was reduced to a one-year suspended jail term and she was also fined 4,000 baht.
Oraphin failed to report to the NACC a debt of 172 million baht after she assumed her Senate post in March 2008.
She claimed she had forgotten about the debt. She explained the debt was accumulated from guaranteeing a loan for her former husband.
The Central Bankruptcy Court also declared Oraphin bankrupt on May 6,2008.
The court ruled that Oraphin immediately lost her senator status after the court delivered its verdict.
The court is also scheduled to rule on alleged false assets declaration submission cases against Yongyuth Tiyapairat,former natural resources and environment minister, on Sept 28, and against Sombat Uthaisang, former deputy interior minister, on Sept 25.
Both were ministers in the Thaksin Shinawatra administrations.
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