Vietnam sentences Thai woman to death for drug smuggling
Vietnamese court gives death sentence to Thai woman who smuggled 2 kg of cocaine hidden in a photo album into Vietnam in 2012. News source: MCOT
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Japanese woman sentenced to hang in Malaysia for drugs
38-year-old Japanese woman sentenced to death for attempting to smuggle drugs into Malaysia A Malaysian court sentenced a Japanese woman to death on Tuesday for smuggling methamphetamine into the country in what an official said was the first such case involving a citizen of Japan. A high court in Shah Alam near the capital Kuala […]
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British woman sentenced to death for drug smuggling into Indonesia from Thailand
Lindsay Sandiford, a 56 year old grandmother from the UK admitted being a drug mule for what has been described as “a heavy mob”, and carrying the drugs from Thailand to the Island of Bali Not a small amount, 3.8 Kg of cocaine was found hidden in her luggage as she arrived on the island […]
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Thailand urged to abolish death penalty
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) on Tuesday sent an open letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, asking her to abolish the death penalty. Read more: The Nation
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Thai death row convict in Vietnam receives visit from Thai diplomat
The Thai consulate general in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, on Tuesday visited a 23-year-old student who has been convicted to death for drug trafficking, Thai foreign ministry spokesman Damrong Kraikruan said. On June 26, Preeyanuch Phuttharaksa, a Thai college student from Bangkok, was sentenced to death by a Vietnamese court after being arrested at […]
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Thai Woman To Be Executed For Smuggling 3 kg Meth Into Vietnam
June 26, 2012: Saigon, Vietnam Ms. Preeyanooch Phuttharaksa a Thai college student from Bangkok, 23 was convicted to death for drug trafficking. It was reported that Ms. Phuttharaksa was paid 2,570 USD by a Nigerian trafficking ring to transport 3.000 gram of methamphetamine from Benin to Vietnam. She was arrested at Ho Chi Minh airport […]
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Chalerm wants drug runners executed faster
Presiding over a press conference yesterday to announce the seizure in Chiang Rai of 2.5 million ya ba tablets and 50 kilograms of crystal meth, or “ice”, worth Bt800 million, Deputy Premier Chalerm Yoobamrung vowed to change the law to ensure that drug dealers who are sentenced to death are executed within 30 days of […]
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Court Hearing of Swedish-Thai Couple Facing Death Penalty in Indonesia
The trial against Orjan Robert Elevsson from Sweden and his Thai girlfriend Narawadee Phothijam, who are accused of smuggling six kilograms of methamphetamine in to Indonesia started last Thursday and continue today in the South Jakarta Court. The 38-year-old Swede and 22 year-old Thai were arrested in August at Soekarno-Hatto International Airport. Read more: scandasia.com
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