Lieutenant-General Chalor was later charged and convicted of ordering the 1995 murder of the wife and son of a gem dealer allegedly involved in the affair, and he was sentenced to death.[8] The Thai Supreme Court upheld the judgement and sentenced Chalor to death on 16 October 2009. Six other policemen were also convicted of involvement in the murders. However, Chalor's sentence was reduced to fifty years imprisonment by King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the King's 84th birthday.[9]