A man has been sentenced to death and two others to life imprisonment for the murder of a Thai Rak Thai Party MP for Ratchaburi province in 2006. In this case, Anantasak Srisawat, alias Tai, Winyoo Rattanawannaee, and Anont Phanrat were charged with murder and illegal use of firearms in the shooting on May 27, […]
Bangkok – A Thai court on Thursday sentenced a Spanish woman to life in prison for attempting to smuggle 2.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine out of the country. The Bangkok Criminal Court initially handed Maria Nieves Garcia Alcaraz, 52, the death sentence but commuted it to life imprisonment because Alcaraz pleaded guilty. Monsters and Critics
Serial killer Somkid Pumpoung Monday was sentenced to life for the June 2005 murder of a cafe singer in Trang’s Muang district. At the Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court, the public prosecutor said that Somkid, 42, who allegedly robbed and killed five sex workers, strangled Patcharee Amataniran and made off with her Bt1,000 mobile phone and Bt2,000 […]
MANILA, Philippines – China will proceed with the execution of three Filipino drug convicts after almost a month of delay. Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao said in a news conference that a commutation of the death sentences “has been ruled out,” adding that the verdict of China’s Supreme People’s Court was final and would be enforced […]
Four border patrol policemen were given a death sentence Wednesday for possessing a large number of metamphetamine tablets with the intent to sell. They were arrested in a sting operation three years ago. The Criminal Court handed down the maximum penalty to the four Chiang Mai-based officers, overruling a legal condition that subjects convicts to […]
A SYDNEY man could face the death penalty in Thailand after being arrested allegedly in possession of 2.2kg of cocaine. The 47-year-old was arrested in Bangkok on November 30, along with a British man, 59, after a police sting. Police allege he was trafficking the drugs. The man is receiving help from Australian consular officials. […]
BANGKOK – Two Malaysian men could face the death penalty after being arrested with drugs worth more than two million dollars, in a haul which Thai police Friday suspect was being trafficked through the country. Teh Soo Keat, 33, and Tan Choon Kuant, 49, were found with 20 kilos (44 pounds) of crystalline methamphetamine – […]
Malaysia has once again imposed its draconian death penalty for drugs on a Thai single mother. The latest court ruling was for smuggling 713.8 gm of cocaine by plane from Argentina. The woman was intercepted at a bus terminal en route to Thailand. November 20, 2010: For the second time in slightly over a year […]
