Thailand 2002
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News on Thailand in 2002
- DECEMBER 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Ah Thwe, 19, a Burmese man, was sentenced to death...
Ah Thwe, 19, a Burmese man, was sentenced to death by the Provincial Court for killing his American boss and four other people
- NOVEMBER 20, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Parliament unanimously passed a bill to...
Thailand's Parliament unanimously passed a bill to change the method of execution from shooting to lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court ordered that a couple who were arrested...
The Criminal Court ordered that a couple who were arrested and detained for embezzling over Bt1
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested...
Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested at Bangkok airport when customs officials found 2
- OCTOBER 15, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three members of a southern Muslim separatist movement...
Three members of a southern Muslim separatist movement were convicted of treason and sentenced to death, but their sentences were reduced to life imprisonment because they cooperated with the police investigation
- OCTOBER 7, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Thongkham Kaewkongma, 30, a member...
It was reported that Thongkham Kaewkongma, 30, a member of the 1st Territorial Defence Company based in Mae Hong Son was executed for spying after being caught by Burmese rebels on September 25
- OCTOBER 4, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced a man to death after he...
The Criminal Court sentenced a man to death after he was convicted of possessing more than Bt2
- 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
- JUNE 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official...
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official director general said that the number of convicts facing the death sentence has risen to 609
- JUNE 11, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and...
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and army of widely using torture in prisons and while interrogating criminal suspects
- MAY 30, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal...
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal injection, which will be used at three prisons starting in 2003, replacing the current method of shooting, Corrections Department director general Siwa Sangmanee said
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The son of an influential politician was charged with...
The son of an influential politician was charged with murder, a day after his dramatic surrender ended a six-month manhunt
- APRIL 26, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three doctors and a hospital manager in Thailand were...
Three doctors and a hospital manager in Thailand were charged with conspiracy to murder patients for their kidneys
- APRIL 26, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Thailand to scrap the death...
Amnesty International urged Thailand to scrap the death penalty following five executions in a Bangkok prison on April 24
- APRIL 25, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Thailand voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 24, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners were executed at Bang Kwang Maxium Security...
Five prisoners were executed at Bang Kwang Maxium Security Prison in Thailand
- APRIL 21, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced four men to death...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced four men to death for possessing more than 31 kilograms of heroin with intent to sell, although three of them had no drugs on them when they were arrested