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
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The number of death-row inmates in Thailand's Bang...
The number of death-row inmates in Thailand's Bang Kwang Prison reached a record high of 690 since the government took its tough stance against drug traffickers in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A British man was spared the death penalty but jailed...
A British man was spared the death penalty but jailed for life in Thailand for smuggling 4kg of heroin out of the country
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the...
The UK Government has been urged to intervene in the case of a Briton facing a possible death penalty in Thailand for smuggling drugs
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Somkliang Soyplai, 44, was executed by shooting
Somkliang Soyplai, 44, was executed by shooting
- AUGUST 22, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Major Chalermchai Majchaklam of the Supreme Command...
Major Chalermchai Majchaklam of the Supreme Command was sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit first degree murder
- AUGUST 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a...
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a lower court has been sentenced to death by the Appeals Court that upheld a prosecution appeal against the Criminal Court's verdict
- JULY 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being...
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being found guilty of conspiring to murder businessman Kasem Khamwongsa, although the gunman he had hired mistakenly shot dead Kasem's adopted son, Chaiyakorn Maihom
- JULY 10, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Appeals Court upheld a ruling by the Criminal...
The Thai Appeals Court upheld a ruling by the Criminal Court sentencing 10 police officers to death and one to life imprisonment for the killing of four defence volunteers in 1994
- JULY 10, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death...
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death sentences after finding them guilty of murdering an Australian tourist and raping his female companion in early 2000
- JUNE 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court found Vinai Charoensrisomboon,...
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court found Vinai Charoensrisomboon, alias To Texas, guilty of the premeditated murders of three members of the Mangkornhong family and sentenced him to death penalty
- JUNE 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in...
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi were executed a prison official said