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Thailand's NIA Director was 'criminal forger' court rules

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Thailands Director of Innovation Was Criminal Forger court rules


Published by Andrew Drummond on August 12th, 2012 in General News No Comments, 175 views since 29th May 2012 Tags: Erika Fry, forgery, libel, plagiarism, Supachai Lorlowhakarn, Wyn Ellis

But N.I.A Director Gets Suspended Sentence And Small Fine


Bangkok August 12 2012

Thailands Director of Innovation Supachai Lorlowhakarn has been given a six month suspended prison sentence and a small fine on a charge of criminal forgery. Lorlowhakarn who in June had his PhD degree revoked by Chulalongkorn University for gross plagiarism, had his jail sentence suspended for just one year and was fined 6000 baht 121.58p the cost of a reasonable night out in Bangkok. The prosecution was brought in 2009 by Mr Wyn Ellis, a British agricultural consultant based in Thailand, in relation to alleged changes made to his contract as a consultant to NIA in 2006-2007. The court came to its conclusion on Wednesday August 8th. The full judgment has not yet been published. Supachai retains his position as NIA Director. Permanent Secretary Pornchai Rujiprapa and Minister Plodprasop Suraswadee have previously issued supporting statements to the Thai-language media over his plagiarism. Whilst acknowledging the undeniable impact of Supachais actions on the NIAs image and international credibility, they insisted that it was a personal matter, unrelated to the performance of the NIA Directors duties.

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The changes in the contracts came to light when Supachai filed criminal defamation charges against Mr Ellis in October 2008 at Pathumwan and Dusit District Courts, Bangkok, in relation to Ellis allegations of academic plagiarism of his work by Supachai in his PhD thesis. Supachai submitted to both courts copies of Ellis NIA employment contracts. Ellis claimed that these had been systematically altered to remove key responsibilities and reduce the term of his final contract with NIA from 6 months to 3 months. Whilst Supachai claimed that the contract duration had been reduced by mutual consent after signature of the 6 month contract, Ellis denied any such agreement, arguing that having already signed the 6-month contract with NIA; he would have had no reason to accept such a change. Mr Ellis claimed that the contracts were changed only after the allegations of plagiarism and violation of copyright were brought in an attempt to minimize his role at NIA, and undermine his claims to authorship of the research subsequently which turned up word-for word in Supachais PhD thesis. The verdict also pointed to other potential criminal violations, ruling that (a) an official NIA memo submitted by Supachai as evidence had been fabricated retrospectively, and (b) criticizing the reliability of other NIA staff who testified on Supachais behalf.

The NIA promotes its Intellectual Property Management service The verdict also dismissed the testimony of a witness from the Forensic Science Department, National Police Headquarters, who testified on Supachais behalf to the authenticity of Ellis signature. The verdict is subject to appeal.

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In a separate development it is reported the National Anti-Corruption Commission has set up an investigating panel in relation to allegations of use of State funds for personal benefit by Supachai. Mr Ellis welcomed the latest verdict, but declined to comment further.

The row between Ellis and Lorlowhakarn over the copying of Ellis work was first exposed by American reporter Erika Fry in the Bangkok Post. But Erika fled Thailand while on bail on a charge of libel after trust and confidence in the newspapers executives, who wanted her to be a witness against her informant Ellis himself. In the Columbia Journalism Review, where she became Assistant Editor she stated the reasons why she left Thailand.

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