The wife of former Thai prime minister thaksinShinawatra has been sentenced to three jail for tax evasion. Thailand criminal courts found Potjaman guilty of failing to pay $16.3milion in taxes. Her case relates to a transfer of 4.5 million shares in the fimliy company, Shin Corporatiom.MrsShinawatra told the court that the share transfer was simply a gift and was not taxable.
prosecutors disagreed and said if was a business deal and therefore she should have paid tax on it. shinawatra told the court she was completely innocent of nay wrongdoing. The high-profile case was televised nationwide.