Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
U.S.-Thai pair facing death for 'sea home' should fight the charge: Thailand says
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 19, 2019 / 5:28 AM / UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO
U.S.-Thai pair facing death for 'sea home' should fight the charge: Thailand says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A senior Thai government official on Friday urged a U.S. man and a Thai woman on the run from a possible death sentence for building an off-shore “sea home” to fight the charge in court.
The two, Chad Elwartowski and his partner Supranee Thepdet, have been accused of violating Thai sovereignty by raising a small cabin on top of a big, weighted spar in what they say are international waters, 14 nautical miles off the west-coast Thai island of Phuket.
But Thailand says the structure is in its 200-mile exclusive economic zone.
“I urge them to get a lawyer to fight this case,” Supoj Rodruang Na Nongkhai, the deputy provincial governor of Phuket, told Reuters.
-snip-
They have been charged under a law on the violation of sovereignty, which stipulates punishment of life in prison or death.
-snip-
U.S.-Thai pair facing death for 'sea home' should fight the charge: Thailand says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A senior Thai government official on Friday urged a U.S. man and a Thai woman on the run from a possible death sentence for building an off-shore “sea home” to fight the charge in court.
The two, Chad Elwartowski and his partner Supranee Thepdet, have been accused of violating Thai sovereignty by raising a small cabin on top of a big, weighted spar in what they say are international waters, 14 nautical miles off the west-coast Thai island of Phuket.
But Thailand says the structure is in its 200-mile exclusive economic zone.
“I urge them to get a lawyer to fight this case,” Supoj Rodruang Na Nongkhai, the deputy provincial governor of Phuket, told Reuters.
-snip-
They have been charged under a law on the violation of sovereignty, which stipulates punishment of life in prison or death.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-seahome/u-s-thai-pair-facing-death-for-sea-home-should-fight-the-charge-thailand-says-idUSKCN1RV0KM
