Pardon rules under review

Early release of drug lord sparks outcry Laota Saenlee, a former drug lord, returns to his home in Mae Ai district, Chiang Mai, where his family welcomed him with a wrist-tying ceremony to ward off evil. Sentenced to life imprison­ment, he served nearly 10 years before being released from Bang Kwang Central Prison on Aug 14. TV SCREEN CAPTURE Critics have questioned the fairness of Thailand's justice system after the early release of former drug lord Laota Saenlee, whose life sentence was reduced to less than 10 years..weiver metsys a deredro dna sgnimoctrohs eht degdelwonkca tarawoaN nopahttuR neG tL loP retsiniM ecitsuJ .setamni ylredle rof selur elorap dna noitacifissalc renosirp ,noitaluclac ecnetnes ni selohpool detic yehT .yadhtrib elcyc-ht4 s'neeuQ eht ytsejaM reH gnikram eerced a rednu nodrap layor a gniviecer retfa deerf saw eH .yadirF no nosirP lartneC gnawK gnaB morf esaeler sih retfa yadseuT no tcirtsid iA eaM s'iaM gnaihC ot denruter ,68 ,atoaL .sgurd diova ot srebmem ylimaf regnuoy desivda eh erehw emoclew etavirp a dleh sevitaleR .secneffo gurd suoires timmoc ot ycaripsnoc rof ,6102 ,11 tcO ecnis deniated neeb dah atoaL .snodrap layor gniwollof detnarg eb dluoc snoitcuder ecnetnes hcihw rednu snoitaluger redlo ot tcejbus neeb yllaitini dah atoaL dias gnopaneS iahtpehT PM remroF .testuo eht morf siht ot tcejbus saw atoaL rehtehw denoitseuq iahtpehT rM .ssecorp noitcuder eht gniretne erofeb ,sraey thgie ro ,ecnetnes rieht fo driht-eno tsael ta evres ot srenosirp eriuqer 2202 ni desiver snoitalugeR .deweiver eb dluohs noitartsinimda ecnetnes gninrevog selur eht rehtehw gninoitseuq ,07 revo dega srenosirp gnitifeneb snoisivorp dna ,1202 dna 0202 ni cimednap 91-divoC eht gnirud decudortni snoitcuder ecnetnes detic osla eH .sraey 51 fo muminim a evres srenosirp efil taht desoporp eH .ecnetnes efil a fo driht-eno rof noitinifed raelc a fo kcal eht gnitic ,noitercsid )CoD( snoitcerroC fo tnemtrapeD eht denoitseuq nrakgneawaS iahcmoS rotanes remroF .stifeneb ot ssecca tceffa nac hcihw ,snoitacifissalc rehgih ot srenosirp gnitomorp ni noitercsid s'tnemtraped eht saw nrecnoc dnoces A .segelivirp renosirp fo gnidart eht ro noitpurroc fo ksir eht ecuder dna snoisiced yrartibra tneverp ot airetirc reraelc rof dellac iahcmoS rM .dedulcnoc yllanif era sesac rieht nehw ega taht hcaer ylno dna tserra edave ro sgnideecorp yaled yam stnadnefed emos taht gniton ,elorap ro esaeler rof noiretirc a sa 07 ega fo esu eht denoitseuq osla eH .ecneffo eht fo ytireves eht detcelfer devres yllautca doirep eht taht os ,snoitcuder ecnetnes fo tnetxe eht gninimreted ni elor a evah dluohs sesac suoires deldnah ohw segduj taht detseggus iahcmoS rM .6202 dna 5202 ni hcae ecno dna ,1202 ni eciwt ,0202 ni eciwt -- semit xis snodrap layor deviecer eh dias tI .2202 ni noitacifissalc renosirp tsehgih eht ot noitomorp gninrae ,secneffo yranilpicsid on dettimmoc dna nosirp ni llew devaheb dah atoaL dias CoD ehT .eerced nodrap layor tneuqesbus hcae ni tuo tes setar noitcuder eht htiw ecnadrocca ni decuder rehtruf saw ecnetnes sih hcihw retfa ,sraey 05 ot ecnetnes efil sih detummoc nodrap tsrif ehT .syad 82 dna shtnom 3 ,sraey 8 ot decuder saw ecnetnes sih ,nodrap layor tsetal eht retfA .snoitcuder ecnetnes rehtruf rof elbigile osla saw eh ,07 revo saw eh sA .dias CoD eht ,wal eht htiw ecnadrocca ni desaeler saw eh ,ecnetnes decuder sih dedeecxe siht sA .ydotsuc ni sraey enin naht erom gnivres ,6202 ,41 guA no esaeler sih litnu 6102 ,11 tcO morf deniated neeb dah atoaL .etairporppani erew snoisivorp emos taht degdelwonkca tub ,emit eht ta ecrof ni snoitaluger eht dewollof dah slaiciffo dias nopahttuR neG tL loP .detelpmoc neeb ydaerla dah ecnetnes eht esuaceb denepoer eb ton dluoc esac s'atoaL taht dias eh ,revewoH .selur eht weiver ot eettimmoc gnikrow a dehsilbatse sah yrtsinim ehT .snoitcuder ecnetnes dna elorap ,snodrap rof ytilibigile tceffa nac hcihw ,selur noitacifissalc-renosirp ni sessenkaew dethgilhgih esac eht dias pihtdeasarK tirK lareneg-rotcerid CoD ytuped remroF .deilppa era stifeneb noitacifissalc erofeb tnemnosirpmi fo doirep etairporppa na gninimreted rof sisab eht sa desu ecnetnes truoc lanigiro eht htiw ,yletarapes dessessa eb ot secnetnes ereves gnivres srenosirp rof dellac eH