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Thailand to review pardon rules after release of 85-year-old drug lord brings backlash

Thailand’s justice minister pledged on Tuesday to review pardon criteria following backlash over the release of an 85-year-old drug trafficker who served less than a decade of a life prison sentence. Laota Saenlee, a former anti-communist guerrilla turned drug runner linked to powerful Myanmar drug kingpins, was arrested by undercover officers in 2016 for selling crystal meth in the Golden…

Thailand to review pardon rules after release of 85-year-old drug lord brings backlash

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