First convict executed in Thailand in nine years

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First convict executed in Thailand in nine years

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The department of corrections has announced that a murderer has been executed by lethal injection.

 

It is the first judicial killing in the country since 2009.

 

Theerasak Longji, 26, was convicted of robbing and killing a person with a knife in Trang, southern Thailand, in July 2012. The victim was stabbed 24 times.

 

A phone and bag were stolen in the callous robbery.

 

Pol Col Narat Sewatanan, director of the department, confirmed the execution.

 

The sentence was carried out on Monday between 3pm and 6pm.

 

Thai Rath said that the corrections department hope that the execution will act as a deterrent showing that the country is still prepared to use the ultimate sanction.

 

It is the seventh judicial killing by lethal injection in Thailand.

 

Some 325 execution have taken place in the country since the 1930s.

 

A total of 319 people were shot and six have died by lethal injection that was introduced after the last to die by firing squad in 2003.

 

Source: Sanook, Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-06-19

 

[4MyEgo]

Why the hell they didn't give those two idiots on the motorbike a year back that were fresh out of jail that stabbed that young student at a bus stop to death for his mobile phone, didn't get the death sentence is beyond me, no doubt some world type of pressure, i.e. human rights yiatta yiatta yiatta.

 

I hope Thailand has got big enough balls to stand up to the world and execute the lot when there is clear CCTV footage of it being a crime and not an accident, and when there is clear cut and dry evidence that adults rape people, especially children.

 

Go to straight to hell, all of them I say !!!

Edited June 19, 2018 by 4MyEgo

[tracker1]

There are a lot more that should go the same way !

[BobBKK]

And the raping murderous scum of those children?  this is good news, repeat. 

[taipan1949]

Good for you Thailand. Too many countries soft on murderers and child abusers.

[mikebell]

Now about these corrupt officials stealing money from the needy .....

[Samui Bodoh]

Does anyone think a rich/connected defendant will get the death penalty?

 

Anyone?

 

Anyone?

 

C'mon, is there anyone who thinks a rich/connected defendant will get the death penalty in Thailand?

 

Anyone?

 

Anyone?

 

Capital punishment is used almost exclusively against poor people. And poor people do not get adequate representation in court, nor do they get the same justice as the rich. Finally, are you happy that the Thai justice system, with its world-renowned reputation for fairness and justice, can sentence people to death?

 

When, not if, the first innocent person goes down, what are you going to say?

 

Edited June 19, 2018 by Samui Bodoh
Lack of coffee

[robblok]

4 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

Does anyone think a rich/connected defendant will get the death penalty?

 

Anyone?

 

Anyone?

 

C'mon, is there anyone who thinks a rich/connected defendant will get the death penalty in Thailand?

 

Anyone?

 

Anyone?

 

That depends on who they kill.. if the person is a lot more rich influential then yes. 

 

But I do get your drift. 

[nausea]

So they end the moriatorium that's been in place since 2009 just like that. A bit strange. I missed the debate that initiated this change in policy. Wonder who, exactly, decided this would be a good idea. And why did they choose this guy? Not saying his crime wasn't heinous but there must be a few on death row more deserving I would imagine.

[Briggsy]

Just now, nausea said:

So they end the moriatorium that's been in place since 2009 just like that. A bit strange. I missed the debate that initiated this change in policy. Wonder who, exactly, decided this would be a good idea. And why did they choose this guy? Not saying his crime wasn't heinous but there must be a few on death row more deserving I would imagine.

Good post. What brought about this policy change?

 

They don't do ethical debates about government policy here much if at all. And sincere ethical debating of government policy in general is usually reserved for countries which have passed through an Age of Enlightenment, respect the rule of law and have transparent and accountable processes.

 

Since history tends to greatly assist us to predict future events, this surprising decision could have been brought about by :-

 

i) the government making it clear to somebody (don't know who) that it will execute people. Prior to the war on drugs, there were executions of drug dealers. "Look we are really serious," the government is saying.

ii) somebody with sufficient influence and cash pushed for the execution of this specific inmate.

iii) somebody wanted to silence this particular inmate because of what he knows.

iv) a figure of high authority wants Thailand to start executions again. This figure needs to be very senior and they are imposing their policy view.

 

These reasons are not mutually exclusive and indeed all four could apply and have dovetailed together to lead to the execution of this particular murderer.

 

 

[KiwiKiwi]

Shame.

 

Barbaric.

 

Didn't pay the money to stay off the list then...

[worgeordie]

"The sentence was carried out on Monday between 3pm and 6pm."

I hope it did not take him that long to die,never mind what he did.

regards worgeordie

[KiwiKiwi]

18 minutes ago, nausea said:

So they end the moriatorium that's been in place since 2009 just like that. A bit strange. I missed the debate that initiated this change in policy. Wonder who, exactly, decided this would be a good idea. And why did they choose this guy? Not saying his crime wasn't heinous but there must be a few on death row more deserving I would imagine.

 

Prayuth desperate to send messages about how powerful he is.

 

A very sad day.

[Bluespunk]

53 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai Rath said that the corrections department hope that the execution will act as a deterrent showing that the country is still prepared to use the ultimate sanction.

If that was the only reason, then his execution was pointless. 

Edited June 19, 2018 by Bluespunk

[maximillian]

The executed was only 20 when he killed.

Was it premediated murder ?  No. It wasn't. Was it murder at all ? It happened during a robbery, so it was rather manslaughter. What would the verdict be e.g.in Australia ?

Then why wait for 6 years to execute ?

I'm afraid some of the TVFmembers would also applaud at the execution of the two Burmese accused of murder in Koh Tao.

Edited June 19, 2018 by maximillian

[PBarnfeather]

What was his drug level when he commited the crime??

 

[webfact]

Thai murderer executed, first since 2009

By The Nation

 

 

A murderer was executed by lethal injection at the Bang Kwang Prison on Monday afternoon, the first execution of a convict since 2009.
 

Corrections Department director general Narat Sawettanan said in a press statement that Thirasak Longji, 26, was executed in a process that took place from 3pm to 6pm at the Bang Kwang maximum security prison.

 

The last execution was held on August 24, 2009, Narat added.

 

Thirasak was convicted of murder and robbery that took place in Trang on July 17, 2012. He stabbed his victim 24 times and robbed the victim of a mobile phone and a wallet.

 

He was convicted by all the three courts that handed down the death sentence.

 

Narat said the execution was carried out under Article 245 of the Criminal Procedural Code and Article 19 of the Criminal Code and a Justice Ministry regulation on execution, issued in 2003, that changed the execution method from a firing squad to lethal injection.

 

Narat said Thirasak was the seventh convict executed under the new regulation since the change.

 

He said that from 1935, a total of 325 convicts have been executed. He said 319 of executions were carried out by a firing squad and the last execution by shooting was carried out on December 11, 2003.

 

He added that the first execution by lethal injection was carried out on December 12, 2003.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30348090

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-06-19

 

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Amnesty International condemns execution in Thailand

By The Nation

 

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the execution of a 26-year-old murderer in Thailand.

 

“This is a deplorable violation of the right to life. Thailand is shockingly reneging on its own commitment to move towards abolition of the death penalty and the protection of the right to life, and is also putting itself out of step with the current global shift away from capital punishment,” Katherine Gerson, Amnesty International’s Thailand Campaigner, said in a statement.

 

On Monday, the Corrections Department executed a murderer at Bang Kwang Prison by lethal injection, the first execution since 2009.

 

“There is no evidence that the death penalty has any unique deterrent effect, so the Thai authorities’ hopes that this move will reduce crime is deeply misguided. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and provides no “quick-fixes” to problems the authorities want to confront.

 

“It is high time for the Thai authorities to focus on the much-needed long-term solutions and put human rights at the core.”

 

Gerson said the latest execution was a setback in the country’s journey towards abolition and “puts a dark stain on its human rights record”.

 

“Thailand was close to reaching the important milestone of 10 years without executions in 2019 and at Amnesty International we had already started the countdown to reclassify the country as abolitionist in practice.”

 

Amnesty called on Thailand to immediately halt any plans to carry out further executions and immediately establish a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty as a first step towards its abolition.

 

The group is also calling on the international community, particularly the governments of France and the UK, who Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha is visiting this month, to use all diplomatic avenues to push for a halt to executions in Thailand.

 

Figures provided to Amnesty International by the Ministry of Justice state that at the end of 2017, 510 people, including 94 women, were on death row of whom 193 had exhausted all final appeals. More than half are believed to have been sentenced for drug-related offences.

 

While the imposition of the mandatory death penalty is prohibited under international law, the death penalty in Thailand remains mandatory for a number of offences, including aggravated murder.

 

As of today, 106 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes and 142 in total are considered abolitionists in law or practice.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30348091

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-06-19

[DILLIGAD]

Good post. What brought about this policy change?
 
They don't do ethical debates about government policy here much if at all. And sincere ethical debating of government policy in general is usually reserved for countries which have passed through an Age of Enlightenment, respect the rule of law and have transparent and accountable processes.
 
Since history tends to greatly assist us to predict future events, this surprising decision could have been brought about by
 
 

You clearly have never experienced a history course in this country. The old adage of ‘learn by your mistakes’ doesn’t (unfortunately) apply here. Rose tinted glasses are needed though.



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[maximillian]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

Corrections Department director general Narat Sawettanan said in a press statement that Thirasak Longji, 26, was executed in a process that took place from 3pm to 6pm at the Bang Kwang maximum security prison.

 

So he definitely is corrected now

[KhunBENQ]

Did the offices decide this on their own?

I think a thumbs down happened at the very top.

 

Edited June 19, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[tomta]

The BP does not have an empty "bed" like the Nation. It has the executee shown strapped down with a crowd around. It's pretty awful.

 

One incontrovertible argument against capital punishment. Humans are fallible. We get the sentences wrong sometimes. It is no good to argue that people should only be executed when it is absolutely clear that the accused is guilty. In the best and fairest justice systems (which Thailand is not), this is the standard "beyond reasonable doubt."

 

Anyone who argues for the retention of the death penalty clearly accepts that the death of a few innocent people here and there is of less importance than killing those we deem unworthy of life.

 

It is an argument but not one I would subscribe to.

[KiwiKiwi]

17 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Did the offices decide this on their own?

I think a thumbs down happened at the very top.

 

 

So do I. A message to the people needed to be sent and this poor sap was the message.

 

A pity treason isn't on the radar.

 

 

Edited June 19, 2018 by KiwiKiwi

[KiwiKiwi]

3 minutes ago, tomta said:

The BP does not have an empty "bed" like the Nation. It has the executee shown strapped down with a crowd around. It's pretty awful. 

Pretty awful indeed. Thais walk around in a more-or-less constant state of dissociation; it's an intelligence thing. They just don't connect with anything and everythings like this thing - a pathetic and inhuman circus.

 

As much as any of us thinks that capital punishment in the US of A is a pathetic circus run by psychopaths, it takes Thais to make it worse.

 

Nothing to be very proud of.

[BobbyL]

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

Amnesty International condemns execution in Thailand

By The Nation

 

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the execution of a 26-year-old murderer in Thailand.

 

“This is a deplorable violation of the right to life. Thailand is shockingly reneging on its own commitment to move towards abolition of the death penalty and the protection of the right to life, and is also putting itself out of step with the current global shift away from capital punishment,” Katherine Gerson, Amnesty International’s Thailand Campaigner, said in a statement.

 

On Monday, the Corrections Department executed a murderer at Bang Kwang Prison by lethal injection, the first execution since 2009.

 

“There is no evidence that the death penalty has any unique deterrent effect, so the Thai authorities’ hopes that this move will reduce crime is deeply misguided. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and provides no “quick-fixes” to problems the authorities want to confront.

 

“It is high time for the Thai authorities to focus on the much-needed long-term solutions and put human rights at the core.”

 

Gerson said the latest execution was a setback in the country’s journey towards abolition and “puts a dark stain on its human rights record”.

 

“Thailand was close to reaching the important milestone of 10 years without executions in 2019 and at Amnesty International we had already started the countdown to reclassify the country as abolitionist in practice.”

 

Amnesty called on Thailand to immediately halt any plans to carry out further executions and immediately establish a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty as a first step towards its abolition.

 

The group is also calling on the international community, particularly the governments of France and the UK, who Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha is visiting this month, to use all diplomatic avenues to push for a halt to executions in Thailand.

 

Figures provided to Amnesty International by the Ministry of Justice state that at the end of 2017, 510 people, including 94 women, were on death row of whom 193 had exhausted all final appeals. More than half are believed to have been sentenced for drug-related offences.

 

While the imposition of the mandatory death penalty is prohibited under international law, the death penalty in Thailand remains mandatory for a number of offences, including aggravated murder.

 

As of today, 106 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes and 142 in total are considered abolitionists in law or practice.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30348091

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-06-19

Amnesty International clearly not understan Thai cultur. They not Thai people so mai ko jai Thailand na. 

[elwood]

15 minutes ago, KiwiKiwi said:

Pretty awful indeed. Thais walk around in a more-or-less constant state of dissociation; it's an intelligence thing. They just don't connect with anything and everythings like this thing - a pathetic and inhuman circus.

 

As much as any of us thinks that capital punishment in the US of A is a pathetic circus run by psychopaths, it takes Thais to make it worse.

 

Nothing to be very proud of.

The Bangkok Post photo was a demonstration of the procedure, not the actual execution.

[jaltsc]

"The department of corrections has announced that a murderer has been executed by lethal injection."

 

However, if his grandfather started Red Bull, he would be partying all over the world, thumbing his nose at the Thai legal system.

[KiwiKiwi]

4 minutes ago, elwood said:

The Bangkok Post photo was a demonstration of the procedure, not the actual execution.

 

Yes, I think I got that, the rubber arm was a bit of a give-away.

 

Does that make it any more acceptable to have hordes of brain-dead journos slavering over the demo? I don't think so, it is demonstrative of the mentality of Thais whichever way you present it.

[sammieuk1]

Just wonder if embezzlers and corrupted officials faced similar fates whilst tied to an inactive post things might be better or just a lot less people?  

[evadgib]

23 minutes ago, KiwiKiwi said:

 

Yes, I think I got that, the rubber arm was a bit of a give-away.

 

Does that make it any more acceptable to have hordes of brain-dead journos slavering over the demo? I don't think so, it is demonstrative of the mentality of Thais whichever way you present it.

The last public execution in my home town attracted such a large crowd that a ring caused by their feet (around the scaffold) is still visible after 200 years.

Edited June 19, 2018 by evadgib