54 Burmese Migrants Suffocate On Thai Soil

[Mosha]

My wife plays cards with the drivers mother. He is half way through a prison sentence she says.

[Tony Clifton]

Disgusting.

[sriracha john]

Six years in jail

The driver of a container truck on which 54 illegal Burmese suffocated to death has been sentenced to six years in jail by the Ranong Criminal Court. The court initially sentenced him to 12 years in prison, but cut the term in half after he confessed. The migrants were on their way to Phuket, hidden on the truck. Driver Suchon Boonplong said he was paid 74,000 baht to drive the truck from the border town of Ranong to Phuket. The driver is the first person to have confessed to a role in the

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http://www.bangkokpost.com/160808_News/16Aug2008_news98.php

[JetsetBkk]

That's about 6 weeks per death.

So Thaksin should get about 270 years... http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/-t91531.html...st&p=971996

[plachon]

That's about 6 weeks per death.

So Thaksin should get about 270 years... http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/-t91531.html...st&p=971996

If the court is feeling lenient maybe, but it should also include some hard labour and community work component, plus compensationpaid to victims of his "War on Drugs" and Southern policy crimes.