ສານແຫ່ງນຶ່ງຂອງໄທ ໄດ້ຕັດສິນໂທດຈຳຄຸກຕະຫລອດຊີວິດຄັ້ງທີ 2 ໃນວັນພຸດມື້ນີ້ ແກ່
ລາຊາຄ້າຢາເສບຕິດຈາກລາວ ຊຶ່ງການພົວພັນທາງສັງຄົມກັບບຸກຄົນທີ່ມີຊື່ສຽງຫຼາຍໆ
ຄົນ ໄດ້ຖືກເປີດເຜີຍໃຫ້ຊາບໃນການຈັບກຸມຜູ້ກ່ຽວ ອີງຕາມລາຍງານຂອງອົງການຂ່າວ
ເອພີ.
ສານອາຍາທີ່ບາງກອກ ຂອງໄທ ໃນຂັ້ນຕົ້ນໄດ້ຕັດສິນ ປະຫານຊີວິດ ທ້າວໄຊຊະນະ
ແກ້ວພິມພາ ຍ້ອນລັກລອບຢາບ້າ 1 ລ້ານເມັດ ຈາກລາວ ເຂົ້າໄປຍັງພາກໃຕ້ຂອງໄທ
ແລະ ມາເລເຊຍ ແຕ່ໄດ້ຫລຸດໂທດຜູ້ກ່ຽວລົງເປັນ ຈຳຄຸກຕະຫລອດຊີວິດ ຍ້ອນລາວໄດ້
ໃຫ້ຄວາມຮ່ວມມື ໃນລະຫວ່າງການສອບປາກຄຳຂອງຕຳຫຼວດ.
ສານແຫ່ງດຽວກັນນີ້ ໃນເດືອນມີນາຜ່ານມາ ໄດ້ຕັດສິນໃຫ້ທ້າວໄຊຊະນະ ຕິດຄຸກຕະ
ຫລອດຊີວິດ ຍ້ອນລັກລອບຢາບ້າ 1 ລ້ານ 2 ເມັດຈາກລາວ ຫຼັງຈາກພວກຄ້າຢາເສບ
ຕິດໄດ້ລະບຸວ່າ ຜູ້ກ່ຽວເປັນຫົວໜ້າຕາໜ່າງລັກລອບຄ້າຢາເສບຕິດ.
ຄະດີຂອງທ້າວໄຊຊະນະໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມສົນໃຈຫຼາຍເປັນພິເສດ ເວລາຜູ້ກ່ຽວຖືກຈັບໃນ
ປີກາຍນີ້ ຍ້ອນມີຄວາມສົງໄສທີ່ຍັງບໍ່ສາມາດພິສູດໄດ້ເທື່ອ ບຸກຄົນສຳຄັນທີ່ມີຊື່ສຽງຂອງ
ໄທ ບາງຄົນທີ່ລາວມີສ່ວນ ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງນຳນັ້ນພົວພັນກັບກິດຈະການຂອງລາວ. ຫລັງຈາກ
ໄດ້ຖືກຈັບໃນວັນທີ 19 ມັງກອນ ປີ 2017 ກໍມີການເປີດເຜີຍຮູບທ້າວໄຊຊະນະ ທີ່ຖ່າຍ
ກັບບຸກຄົນສຳຄັນໆ ຮວມທັງນາຍຕຳຫຼວດ ແມ່ນໄດ້ນຳອອກເຜີຍແຜ່ທາງສື່ສັງຄົມ.
A court in Thailand gave a second life sentence Wednesday to a drug kingpin from Laos whose social connections to various celebrities were exposed by his arrest.
Bangkok's Criminal Court initially handed Xaysana Keophimpha a death sentence for smuggling 1 million methamphetamine pills from Laos to southern Thailand and Malaysia, but reduced his punishment to life in prison because he cooperated during the police investigation.
The same court in March had handed Xaysana a life sentence over the smuggling of 1.2 million methamphetamine pills from Laos after a group of traffickers identified him as the leader of their network.
Xaysana's case drew great attention when he was arrested last year because of unproven suspicions that some Thai celebrities with whom he fraternized were implicated in his activities. After his arrest on Jan. 19, 2017, photographs of Xaysana with public figures, including police officers, circulated widely on social media.
Wednesday's court ruling was about a drug smuggling case in August 2016, for which an associate of Xaysana was also given a life sentence. The court acquitted Xaysana in another case involving the smuggling of 2.3 million methamphetamine tablets, citing doubts about the prosecution's arguments.
Thai and Malaysian officials have announced other arrests they say are connected to Xaysana's drug syndicate.