Peter Effersøe (blue shirt) detained in Phuket Airport, December 2015.

 

by Jeannette Hinrup

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is able to confirm that a Danish citizen has passed in a prison in Thailand.”

 

This was endorsed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an email to Danish tabloid media, Ekstra Bladet. The mail further stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be ethically obliged to preserve the confidentiality of personal matters.

 

ScandAsia has, however, learned, that the prisoner was Niels Jørgen Jensen, known in the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok as Peter Effersøe.

 

Full story: https://scandasia.com/danish-inmate-has-died-in-klong-prem-prison-in-bangkok/

 

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Wow, He smuggled on his person for only 100k baht?

 

That barely covers the airfare and a two week holiday.

Edited October 4, 20223 yr by JimTripper

No sympathy here, 1.6 kg of heroin could have killed lots of people. Died in the best place for him

Despite his crime and that there can be no excuse for it, I still find it morbidly tragic how bad some people's lives end up closing out due to having made bad decisions. At 46 in 2015, he wasn't a young man but still by no means an old man. Maybe he had lived a life of good and then only through sheer desperation he made these three drug runs?

So at just 53 yrs old, he would have died all alone in that hospital bed. No one to hold his hand and reassure him that he had lived a good life, despite his mistakes. I know he did bad, but I'm sure there were people in his life that had loved him, or that still loved him. Or that he loved. Maybe a son or daughter? Maybe a brother? Maybe even a surviving mum or dad back in Denmark?

Miserable conditions to pass on from and not the way I want to go out! RIP you silly <deleted>....

9 minutes ago, Inala said:

Despite his crime and that there can be no excuse for it, I still find it morbidly tragic how bad some people's lives end up closing out due to having made bad decisions. At 46 in 2015, he wasn't a young man but still by no means an old man. Maybe he had lived a life of good and then only through sheer desperation he made these three drug runs?

So at just 53 yrs old, he would have died all alone in that hospital bed. No one to hold his hand and reassure him that he had lived a good life, despite his mistakes. I know he did bad, but I'm sure there were people in his life that had loved him, or that still loved him. Or that he loved. Maybe a son or daughter? Maybe a brother? Maybe even a surviving mum or dad back in Denmark?

Miserable conditions to pass on from and not the way I want to go out! RIP you silly <deleted>....

Your great at saying absolutely nothing. ????

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

No sympathy here, 1.6 kg of heroin could have killed lots of people. Died in the best place for him

Maybe if the drug had been legal, he would not be in jail and then died there.

Also maybe lots of people could have been saved if the drug was legal and controlled doses were sold,  not some dirty brown liquid sold up some back alley, by the bad guys, and then the person dies of an over dose.

Legalize all drugs .

Get control.

Get Revenue.

Put the bad guys out of business

Ps.

R.I.P, sounds like you were just one more drug mule for the bad guys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by Orinoco

17 minutes ago, Inala said:

Despite his crime and that there can be no excuse for it, I still find it morbidly tragic how bad some people's lives end up closing out due to having made bad decisions. At 46 in 2015, he wasn't a young man but still by no means an old man. Maybe he had lived a life of good and then only through sheer desperation he made these three drug runs?

So at just 53 yrs old, he would have died all alone in that hospital bed. No one to hold his hand and reassure him that he had lived a good life, despite his mistakes. I know he did bad, but I'm sure there were people in his life that had loved him, or that still loved him. Or that he loved. Maybe a son or daughter? Maybe a brother? Maybe even a surviving mum or dad back in Denmark?

Miserable conditions to pass on from and not the way I want to go out! RIP you silly <deleted>....

He looks 60yo

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

No sympathy here, 1.6 kg of heroin could have killed lots of people. Died in the best place for him

Smoking kills millions. Ever smoked?

That's win win for everyone ... ????

 

KARMA ROCKS

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by KhunLA

1 hour ago, Inala said:

he would have died all alone in that hospital bed. No one to hold his hand and reassure him that he had lived a good life, despite his mistakes. I know he did bad, but I'm sure there were people in his life that had loved him, or that still loved him. Or that he loved. Maybe a son or daughter? Maybe a brother? Maybe even a surviving mum or dad back in Denmark?

fogging melodramatic point of view

47 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

That's win win for everyone ... ????

 

KARMA ROCKS

Not a good look for you..

good riddance....  no great loss that's for sure. 

2 minutes ago, bobbin said:

Not a good look for you..

That's one opinion ????

 

One social predator, gone ... win

Thai court docket lessened by 1 ... win

Thai tax payer not paying support of 1 prisoner ... win

Home country spared of pardon/release to them ... win

Warning to future scum ... think really hard before ... win

 

Really not seeing a negative ... please point 1 out.

1 hour ago, Inala said:

Despite his crime and that there can be no excuse for it, I still find it morbidly tragic how bad some people's lives end up closing out due to having made bad decisions. At 46 in 2015, he wasn't a young man but still by no means an old man. Maybe he had lived a life of good and then only through sheer desperation he made these three drug runs?

So at just 53 yrs old, he would have died all alone in that hospital bed. No one to hold his hand and reassure him that he had lived a good life, despite his mistakes. I know he did bad, but I'm sure there were people in his life that had loved him, or that still loved him. Or that he loved. Maybe a son or daughter? Maybe a brother? Maybe even a surviving mum or dad back in Denmark?

Miserable conditions to pass on from and not the way I want to go out! RIP you silly <deleted>....

I just hope you'll have the same sympathy to those who had their lives ruined or died because of his part in repeatedly smuggling that horrible drugs to adults and young alike...

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by ezzra

At least he is not stuck in that rat invested hole anymore I bet his last years were so miserable that he wished death on himself . Do the crime do the time ????????????????????

Anyone who deals in drugs deserve what they get 

He paid the penalty 

I have no sympathy for drug dealers let that be a lesson to any future 

Ones thing of doing the same ????

Some poster said legalize all drugs. You mean heroin and cocaine, as well, are you nuts?

Just curious.

"This was endorsed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an email to Danish tabloid media, Ekstra Bladet. The mail further stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be ethically obliged to preserve the confidentiality of personal matters."

 

It would appear they had no ethical qualms about parading him in front of the world when he was caught before he was really tried, found guilty and sentenced in a court of law.

5 minutes ago, userabcd said:

"This was endorsed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an email to Danish tabloid media, Ekstra Bladet. The mail further stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be ethically obliged to preserve the confidentiality of personal matters."

 

It would appear they had no ethical qualms about parading him in front of the world when he was caught before he was really tried, found guilty and sentenced in a court of law.

Did the drugs just mysteriously appear on his body when arrested?  Next, Guilty as charged!!!!

Being a drug mule for 100,000 baht, he must have been pretty desperate.  I thought the Danish social security system was very good.  The fact that he did it twice before he must have thought this is easy money.

28 minutes ago, Stargeezr said:

Some poster said legalize all drugs. You mean heroin and cocaine, as well, are you nuts?

Just curious.

No, not nuts.

But most of the governments around the world are. 

 

 

 

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by Orinoco

47 minutes ago, Stargeezr said:

Some poster said legalize all drugs. You mean heroin and cocaine, as well, are you nuts?

Just curious.

Yea, before you know it, they'll legalize alcohol and cigarettes. Can you imagine if they legalize those vices how many people will die from cirrhosis or hit by a drunk driver or beaten to death by an abusive drunk husband or from lung cancer or COPD or heart disease or stroke?

 

I might guess that upwards of 500,000 people per year would die of smoking related illnesses and ailments in the USA alone ! (true stat)

 

Society has a very funny calculus in how it selects its legal vices. The alcohol and tobacco industry have many lobbyists, but little else to differentiate them from whatever evils heroin and cocaine might unload (that they don't already while remaining illegal). Maybe the drug cartels have their own kind of lobbyists (kind of sarcasm)?

 

The war on drugs has cost the US over a $trillion dollars, and victory was closer in Vietnam and Afghanistan than the Drug War.

 

Maybe it's time for Plan B. How many additional users would there be if h and c were legal? Are there millions of folks who will say, "Now that it's legal I think I'm going to give that heroin thing a try".

 

Legalize it and thousands of innocents in South America will not die, and the US will save $billiions per year, money which might go toward caring for the folks suffering from already legal vices like tobacco and booze.

39 minutes ago, lujanit said:

The fact that he did it twice before he must have thought this is easy money.

That's because the more you do it your odds of getting caught go way up.

 

Most people think they got away with it the first time, but it's a fallacy. The system is always watching each time and has great odds in it's favor. Each time he tried it his odds went way down.

 

It's like gambling, you win once and you focus on a win you think you have a fair chance of getting each time, but your really just playing a game the whole time that favors the house increasingly the more you play.

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by JimTripper

Being in prison anywhere would be a dreadful fate. Being in a Thai prison would likely be a nightmare from hell. Just the lack of AC alone. Yikes. 

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

good riddance....  no great loss that's for sure. 

A lack of respect for the lives of low-level drug dealers...where have I seen that before? The hypocrisy just never ends with some people.

13 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Yea, before you know it, they'll legalize alcohol and cigarettes. Can you imagine if they legalize those vices how many people will die from cirrhosis or hit by a drunk driver or beaten to death by an abusive drunk husband or from lung cancer or COPD or heart disease or stroke?

 

I might guess that upwards of 500,000 people per year would die of smoking related illnesses and ailments in the USA alone ! (true stat)

 

Society has a very funny calculus in how it selects its legal vices. The alcohol and tobacco industry have many lobbyists, but little else to differentiate them from whatever evils heroin and cocaine might unload (that they don't already while remaining illegal). Maybe the drug cartels have their own kind of lobbyists (kind of sarcasm)?

 

The war on drugs has cost the US over a $trillion dollars, and victory was closer in Vietnam and Afghanistan than the Drug War.

 

Maybe it's time for Plan B. How many additional users would there be if h and c were legal? Are there millions of folks who will say, "Now that it's legal I think I'm going to give that heroin thing a try".

 

Legalize it and thousands of innocents in South America will not die, and the US will save $billiions per year, money which might go toward caring for the folks suffering from already legal vices like tobacco and booze.

The war on drugs has been one of the greatest failures in US history. It is utterly moronic. I agree. Legalize ALL drugs. Their allure would likely diminish. And what about the cartels? They would likely diminish too. And think of all those billions that could be saved by downsizing the nearly useless DEA. 

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by spidermike007

46 minutes ago, lujanit said:

Being a drug mule for 100,000 baht, he must have been pretty desperate.  I thought the Danish social security system was very good.  The fact that he did it twice before he must have thought this is easy money.

There are millions of souls who do horrific and evil things for money. It defies the entire theory of natural selection. Greed is a powerful allure. 

3 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Smoking kills millions. Ever smoked?

Tentative diversion.

 

4 hours ago, Inala said:

So at just 53 yrs old, he would have died all alone in that hospital bed. No one to hold his hand and reassure him that he had lived a good life, despite his mistakes. I know he did bad, but I'm sure there were people in his life that had loved him, or that still loved him. Or that he loved. Maybe a son or daughter?

Stop stop I'm filling up...????

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Stop stop I'm filling up...????

It is sad..... you can expect someone sentenced to these incredible jail terms we see here would want to give up 2 minutes after arriving there.....