China postpones execution of Thai

Wed, 07 Apr 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: DPA

BANGKOK (DPA): China has postponed the execution of a Thai
national convicted of smuggling 1.5 tons of marijuana into the
country, news reports in Bangkok said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court of Guangdong province in southern China
decided on Monday to postpone the execution of Preecha
Saengthong, 42, one of seven people found guilty of trying to
smuggle marijuana into the country in 1994, said the Bangkok
Post, quoting Thai officials.

The officials said the postponement was believed to be in
response to a Thai request for leniency in the case.

Preecha, who was scheduled to die on Wednesday, would have
been the first Thai to be executed in China.

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