Three Thai ministers jailed over protests

By Panu Wongcha-Um and Panarat Thepgumpanat
Updated February 25 2021 - 1:09am, first published 1:04am
A Thai court has forced Digital Minister Puttipong Punnakanta and two other ministers to resign.
A Thai court has forced Digital Minister Puttipong Punnakanta and two other ministers to resign.

A Thai court has sentenced 14 political leaders to jail, including three incumbent cabinet ministers, after finding them guilty of insurrection during anti-government protests that culminated in a 2014 military coup.

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