Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation announced that Premchai Karnasuta was arrested Sunday with three others after park officials were informed they had set up camp in a restricted wildlife sanctuary on Thailand's western border.
Premchai is president of Italian-Thai Development.
Today's statement said national park rangers found guns and the carcasses of a black panther, a Kalij pheasant and a barking deer in their possession. The rangers filed charges of hunting protected animals and violating gun laws.