Thailand
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy; note - interim military-affiliated government since May 2014 Constitutional monarchy - provisional military government since May 2014
- CONSTITUTION
- many precedents; final draft concluded on March 29, 2016, approved by referendum on August 7, 2016, signed by the king on April 6, 2017; note - the final version has several amendments not reflected in the one adopted by the referendum (2016)
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the civil system with influences of English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- In transition; following the military coup of May 2014 - National Legislative Assembly or Sapha Nitibanyat Haeng Chat
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the King
RELIGIONS
94.6% Buddhists; 4.6% Muslims; 0.7% Christians; 0.1% others
From the country
OCTOBER 16, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR EX-DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF
Thailand's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of former deputy police
- OCTOBER 8, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN CANNABIS
the Malaysian High Court sentenced a Thai man to the mandatory death sentence by hanging. Judge Datuk Muhamad Ideres Muhamad Rapee found carpenter Mahamad Che Soh, 44, guilty of trafficking 17kg of cannabis on January 4, 2005, in Tanah Merah.
- AUGUST 27, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
EU AND RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CONDEMN THAI EXECUTIONS
the European Union and human rights activists condemned the execution of two men convicted of drug
- AUGUST 24, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DRUG TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
two men were executed by lethal injection in the prison of Bang Khwang, Thailand.
- AUGUST 18, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the High Court in Kota Baharu, Malaysia, passed the mandatory death sentence on a Thai woman after she was found guilty of trafficking in cannabis.
- JULY 21, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE OVER POLICE SHOOTOUT
an army major and an accomplice convicted of running a drug racket were sentenced to death for killing two anti-narcotics policemen in a shootout at a Bangkok apartment complex in Thailand on April 12, 2007
- JUNE 26, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-SENATOR UPHELD
the Thai Appeals Court upheld the lower court's death sentence for former Bangkok senator Sukhum Cherdchuen for masterminding the murder of Chulalongkorn Hospital doctor Nicharee Makarasarn in 1996.
- MAY 13, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-MP
the Thai Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence of Sitthiphorn Kham-arj, a former Democrat Party MP, for his role as the mastermind in a murder.
- MAY 12, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Datuk Wira Moktarudin Baki of the Malaysian High Court sentenced...
Judge Datuk Wira Moktarudin Baki of the Malaysian High Court sentenced...
- MAY 6, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: WOMAN WHO HAD HUSBAND KILLED GETS DEATH
the Thai Criminal Court sentenced a woman, Khai Suksamphan, to death for purchasing a life insurance policy for her husband Sawaeng Boonmee, a 56-year-old foreman, and then hiring four men to kill him.
APRIL 22, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO THAIS TO BE HUNG FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
two Thai nationals were sentenced to death by the High Court in Temerloh, central
- MARCH 27, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING ACQUAINTANCE IN THAILAND
a Japanese man was sentenced to death for killing a Japanese acquaintance in Thailand in December 2007.