Vietnam court upholds drug smuggler's death sentence

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Vietnam court upholds drug smuggler's death sentence

Published: 7 Oct 2012 at 00.00
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Vietnam's Supreme Court has refused to commute the death sentence of a 24-year-old Thai woman who smuggled narcotics into the country, according to the Saigon Daily.

The Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City has upheld the lower court's death sentence against Preeyanooch Phuttharaksa, the newspaper said on its website.

Preeyanuch was arrested in October of last year after customs officials at Tan Son Nhut Airport found more than three kilogrammes of methamphetamine hidden inside her luggage. Before her arrest, Preeyanuch had sneaked drugs into Vietnam twice, according to the indictment.

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drsmith
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Discussion 18 : 07 Oct 2012 at 11.0218
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Thailand where the rich rape and pillage the countried finances on a daily basis and get away with it, the poor, due to lack of education, pay for their mistakes with their lives. Something is seriously wrong with this.
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Discussion 17 : 07 Oct 2012 at 10.4717
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D15 heartie - The article said she smuggled the drugs into Vietnam from Benin, so she would not have gone through customs in Thailand.
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Discussion 16 : 07 Oct 2012 at 10.2916
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The death penalty is barbaric, pure and simple, for ANY offence in any country in the world. For all the hang 'em and flog 'em brigade so prevalent amongst expats, name one CIVILISED country which still uses it. And yes, I include parts of the US.
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Discussion 15 : 07 Oct 2012 at 10.1315
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How did she manage to bypass the inspections at the Thai airport to begin with? You know, if those people had done their jobs properly, she would have never made it to Vietnam where she's facing the death penalty.
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Discussion 14 : 07 Oct 2012 at 10.0014
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The Buddha taught that it was wrong to kill ... anything. But of course, Vietnam is an officially atheist country with little respect even for its own citizens' lives. Her only hope now is that Thailand might arrange a prisoner swap and bring her home to live in a prison. Somehow I doubt the Thai government will do anything about this. They won't even do anything to stop the Nigerian drug dealers in Bangkok. Visit the Asoke area after 2am some morning and watch them plying their trade!
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Discussion 13 : 07 Oct 2012 at 09.5913
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Imagine a pretty girl would have duped a 24 year old Nigerian man into smuggling drugs and he would face the death penalty. I wonder how many people would speak out for him – probably nobody because this would not even be in the news, not even on page 20.
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Discussion 12 : 07 Oct 2012 at 09.5712
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This girl knew the risks and was a repeat offender. All she was interested in was the money she could make. At the same time, it's a strange world that bans these drugs yet allows virtually unlimited use of alcohol, which causes infinitely more deaths through mis-use, illness, accidents and drink-induced violence. Of course, the tax is a gigantic money-maker for governments, so that's okay.
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Discussion 11 : 07 Oct 2012 at 09.5211
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Death penalty is barbaric but it's also a sign of immaturity and weakness from the nation who choose to use it.
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Discussion 10 : 07 Oct 2012 at 09.3510
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Countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences, such as Vietnam and Malaysia are barbaric and uncivilized.

Prison time and re-habilitation is what's called for in this case.
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Discussion 9 : 07 Oct 2012 at 09.349
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It is well known yes many people want and need money for various reasons,here in Thailand it is well known you smuggle drugs into Vietnam its death sure. Now i feel sorry for this lady very sorry indeed but this is life,hard as it is you take that chance to make 50,000 baht by a Nigerian drug gang you take big risk,Really they were paying her little if you compare it to the price of the drugs she smuggled.As i said i feel very sorry for this lady but if your going to play this game of smuggling drugs you have to be prepared to be caught and then pay the price the risks are high. Had she not been caught there would have been no story to tell. But remember drugs destroy lives not only for those who use them but sadly so sadly for this young lady also and the Nigerian drug gangs they are gone A tragic story indeed
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