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May 27, 2012
Swede sentenced to death in Thailand
Published: 22 Sep 11 08:38 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/36288/20110922/
A 30-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to death in Thailand for manufacturing methamphetamine, in what the man called a “political” ruling.
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But a judge immediately changed the sentence to life in prison, which is common for foreigners sentenced to death in Thailand, and corresponds to 45 years in prison, according to the Aftonbladet newpaper.
“This is a political ruling. They're out to get me,” Eriksson Sirawan told the newspaper.
The 30-year-old Swede was arrested in his home in Bangkok in July of last year. Police discovered Eriksson Sirawan had a drug lab in his home as well as 53 grammes of methamphetamine.
He is now set to be transferred to a special prison for inmates who have been convicted of drug offences.
According to Eriksson Sirawan, he plans to appeal the verdict.
“The Thai legal system is a joke. I'm disappointed that the court didn't consider the evidence I presented,” he said.
In court, Eriksson Sirawan claimed that he was set up and that a Swedish individual was used as an informant.
He said he simply wanted to learn how to make methamphetamine and shortly thereafter a Swede turned up to help teach him and – Eriksson Sirawan claimed – reported him to police.
According to Aftonbladet, it can take up to four years for Eriksson Sirawan's case to be heard on appeal.
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"I just wanted to learn how to shoot somebody, so I shot him. But I'm not guilty of murder" :)
Kim Eriksson Sirawan, yes 100% native swede.
If tourists stop going to Thailand just see how fast they start changing their ignorant laws.
AndnI for one will most certainly not be one of them..... I think there are better places and far more exotic places in Asia to travel to....
They're kind of like Iran or Israel, with no freedom of speech, sectarian violence and so on, but that's not exactly reported in the Swedish news now is it? Try Al-Jazeera and Asian/Australian news-networks...
Of course this guy is guilty and if he's that stupid as to get caught making meth in Thailand he deserves to die! Natural selection and all that...
Doing drugs especially in Thailand is a no no.
If you disrespect the laws of any land then you can expect serious consequences.
In this case this particular individual can look forward to a miserable life of being in custody at the infamous Bangkwang (Bangkok Hilton). It's reputation is well-known throughout the world, and I can assure you it'll have a lasting effect for the rest of his life. If there is a hell ... it's Thai jails !
You have been warned !
go and spread your personal hates below a relevant News.
Drug users just don't like feeling normal, they are not sick and are not victims.
I hear it coming!!!......Alcohol is accepted and legal, at this point there really isn't a need to discuss it.
It is not without fault...but legal just the same.
Whether it is Saddam or Bush or Davis or any human on earth found somehow guilty of killing another human(s) with evidences beyond doubts, then there is nothing helpful to stop the balancing actions by the Creations of the religion-less Cosmic Creator.
A first time killer for the sake of honoring public opinion should receive clemency with a suspended death sentence only to serve in the front line UN military force but never a second time commissioner committing repeated crimes.
Shahislam
@Useronthenet: The last time I was in Thailand was back in the mid-1980s. I do hope that the Thai government has put an end to child prostitution. Can you PLEASE give me an update on this matter? It was very disturbing to see white men (pedophiles) from western countries, including Sweden, seeking to have sex with very young girls and boys (I'm talking pre-pubescent at that!) and not even being ashamed of it, sharing the same cocky attitude like the a$$hole Swede in this headline. The death penalty should also be applied to these pedophiles.
The tourists (Swedish and other men, mostly from the northeast quadrant of Europe) who buy cheap sex from little girls and boys are disgusting.
If the drug tourists are too dumb to know about the draconian drug laws before they go, they deserve to do time in the Bangkok Hilton.
I'm with you totally on this one.
However, Thailand is still an amazing country. But I still can't find one country on this planet without it's own issues.
Bad arguments.
He´s an irrational animal. An intelligent person not to travel to Thailand to make experiment with illicit drugs, knowing the Laws of Thailand...Rules are rules.
Now, he´s in the helll because the prisons in Thailand aren´t like the prison in Sweden, where you have gym, restaurant, library, etc...
I don´t know what happen to human being...they live in a good country, with freedom, etc...but, not..they want adrenalin and so..they take the bad decision to break RULES..in a foreign country like Thailand...
God´s sake! If he wanted to do it, why did not do it in Sweden? After all, here, has no death penalty.