Wangchuk Tshering

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Charge:	Bribery (including public corruption)
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Year Crime:	2009
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2016
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Bhutan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wangchuk Tshering and Lyonpo Rinzin Dorje were codefendants wrongly convicted in 2015 of charges related to award timber sawing work for the Lhakhang Karpo conservation project in Bhutan. The charges related to the awarding of a timber contract to LD Sawmill and paying the sawmill at a rate that had initially been rejected by a commission. Dorje was Bhutan's foreign minister, and he was charged with abuse of functions. Tshering was the project manager for the Karpo conservation project, and he was charged with accepting bribes, embezzlement and abuse of functions. The district court acquitted Rinzin Dorge and Tshering. The prosecution appealed, and in 2015 the High Court reversed the lower court's ruling and found Dorje and Tshering guilty. They appealed. In August 2016 Bhutan's Supreme Court acquitted Dorje and Tshering."
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Innocence Proved By:	In August 2016 Bhutan's Supreme Court acquitted Dorje and Tshering.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Other
Information Source 1:	"SC exonerates former foreign minister and project manager, Kuensel (Bhutan), August 2, 2016"
Information Location 1:	http://www.kuenselonline.com/sc-exonerates-former-foreign-minister-and-project-manager/
Information Source 2:	"Foreign minister pleads for acquittal from two charges, Kuensel (Bhutan), March 18, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.kuenselonline.com/foreign-minister-pleads-for-acquittal-from-two-charges/
Information Source 3:	"Lhakhang Karpo case begins February 9, Kuensel (Bhutan), January 31, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.kuenselonline.com/lhakhang-karpo-case-begins-february-9/
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Wangchuk Tshering

Charge:

Bribery (including public corruption)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2009

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2016

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Bhutan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In August 2016 Bhutan's Supreme Court acquitted Dorje and Tshering.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Other

Information Source 1:

"SC exonerates former foreign minister and project manager, Kuensel (Bhutan), August 2, 2016"

Information Location 1:

http://www.kuenselonline.com/sc-exonerates-former-foreign-minister-and-project-manager/

Information Source 2:

"Foreign minister pleads for acquittal from two charges, Kuensel (Bhutan), March 18, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.kuenselonline.com/foreign-minister-pleads-for-acquittal-from-two-charges/

Information Source 3:

"Lhakhang Karpo case begins February 9, Kuensel (Bhutan), January 31, 2015"

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http://www.kuenselonline.com/lhakhang-karpo-case-begins-february-9/

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