Thailand: Death sentences against two Israelis convicted on drug-smuggling
26 November, 2008 (11:46) | News | 
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Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday she might approach authorities in Thailand about commuting the death sentences handed down there Tuesday against two Israelis convicted on drug-smuggling charges.
They were charged and later convicted of possessing some 23,000 Ecstasy pills that Thai police said were destined for Italy and the US.
During the large-scale operation, coordinated with US police, a number of other Israeli citizens were arrested, but most were subsequently released when it was determined they had no connection to the drug ring.
The Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that the families of the two men were informed of the sentence, and that the ministry was following the issue through the embassy in Bangkok, which was in contact with the two.
This is not the first time that Israelis have been sentenced to death in Thailand for drug-related crimes. In 1997, a Thai court sentenced a pair of Israelis to death for attempting to smuggle some 3 kilograms of cocaine, but they were later released when then-president Ezer Weizman’s interceded with the king of Thailand.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
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