Thailand 2001
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News on Thailand in 2001
- DECEMBER 18, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment bill to change the method of execution...
A draft amendment bill to change the method of execution from shooting to lethal injection is ready to go before parliament for approval
- DECEMBER 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of...
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of execution or life imprisonment for under 18 year olds shall be commuted to 15 years' imprisonment
- DECEMBER 12, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A riot following a failed jailbreak by death row inmates...
A riot following a failed jailbreak by death row inmates at Narathiwat provincial prison left five inmates dead and two others severely injured
- DECEMBER 11, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted drug felons, including a former policeman,...
Four convicted drug felons, including a former policeman, were sentenced to death in two separate cases before the provincial court
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against...
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against corruption, which has become a norm in Thailand, Constitutional Court judge Amorn Raksasat said
- DECEMBER 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on...
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on drugs charges
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after...
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after being convicted of possessing 400,000 methamphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty...
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, said several policies broached by the government are poorly conceived and impractical
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for...
The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for possessing about 7
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug...
A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug traffickers may be shelved, the PM's Office minister who floated it said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by...
The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by a Thai national, who was sentenced to death in August 2001, for the murder of a taxi driver
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Reporters will get a closer look at executions and...
Reporters will get a closer look at executions and more access to death-row convicts, including a close-up look at their warm corpses, if PM's Office Minister General Thamarak Isarangura gets his way
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised...
Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised live as a deterrent to other traffickers, PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayuthaya said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking...
Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking in methampethamines was overwhelmingly approved by the House
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed...
The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed banning members of the public from carrying guns
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death...
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death by hanging at the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok, Thailand
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A cabinet screening committee approved a draft bill...
A cabinet screening committee approved a draft bill to change the method of capital punishment from firing squad to lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death...
The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death for possessing 198,000 amphetamine pills with intent to traffic
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra,...
A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra, was held hostage and killed at knife-point by an amphetamine-driven abductor
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted...
The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted Thai drug trader to death and two Burmese to life imprisonment for possessing almost two million amphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- OCTOBER 25, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The get-tough campaign against drugs could be paying...
The get-tough campaign against drugs could be paying off in Thailand, said the Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for supervising drug suppression
- OCTOBER 25, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after...
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after being accused of involvement in a heroin-smuggling ring
- OCTOBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the...
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the consideration of the appeal of Ukrainian citizen Viktoriya Mamontova, sentenced to death for smuggling drugs on August 17, 2001
- OCTOBER 2, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to life in jail for possessing...
A woman was sentenced to life in jail for possessing methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Death row is so overcrowded with the most inmates it...
Death row is so overcrowded with the most inmates it has ever seen that more jail cells are being made available to separate prisoners and keep them from conspiring with each other, the Corrections Department said
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Death row is so overcrowded with the most inmates it...
Death row is so overcrowded with the most inmates it has ever seen that more jail cells are being made available to separate prisoners and keep them from conspiring with each other, the Corrections Department said
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Walter...
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Walter Schwimmer asked Thailand's authorities to take all possible measures to lift the capital punishment meted out to the Ukrainian citizen Viktoria Mamontova
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death for possessing 113...
Two men were sentenced to death for possessing 113 kilograms of heroin with intent to sell
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Two Chinese Haw tribesmen, Ar-hong sae Soo, 27, and...
Two Chinese Haw tribesmen, Ar-hong sae Soo, 27, and Ar-sing sae Lee, 28, and a Burmese drug dealer, Ar-liang sae Chern, 28, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court