Pattaya After Dark October 2016

TakingorsellingdrugsinPattayaandacrossThailand,issomethingthateveryone knows,carriesseverepenaltiesifcaught.RecentlyJakeMastroianni,26,aDJfrom MelbourneinVictoria,andLanceWhitmore,28,anex-soldierfrom Bromsgrovein Worcestershire,bothhadtheirappealsturneddowninBangkok’scriminalcourton Tuesday.MastroiannihastoservetwolifesentencesandWhitmore50years,(notsure whatthedifferenceisonthatone?). Mastroianniwascaughtwith61pillsandWhitmore wascaughtinpossessionof200ecstasypillsin Pattaya.So,herewehavetwopeoplein possessionofdrugsinPattaya,bothknowingly breakingtheLaw,andnow thesubjectofmedia attention.Sowhatdoyouthink,aretheirjailterms tooharshforbeinginpossessionofthepills,oristhisastancethatcountriesaround theworldshouldstepupto?Grantedpeoplemakemistakesinlife,heywearehuman afterall,andyesattimesdesperatesituationscallfordesperateactions,butagain, Thailandisnotoriousfortheirverystrictpolicyondrugsandnow bothoffenderswilllook tospendmanyyearsbehindbars,beforeeithercanapplytotransfertheirsentenceto theirhomecountries.Itiseasyforeveryonetocasttheiropiniononthismatter,and whateveropinionthatmaybe,itwillnotchangethefactthatbothoffenderswillbeholed uptonightinBangkok’smostnotorious,KlongPrem,thehigh-securityprison,whichis notoriousforitspoorconditions.Thesmallcellshaveaholeinthefloorforhuman waste,andinmateshavenobeddingandhavetosleeponthefloor,oftenincramped conditions.ItisreferredtolocallyastheBangkokHilton,strangeconsideringthishasto beoneoftheworseprisonsintheworldandafarcryfrom andHiltonHotel.

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