25 July 2001 :

Thailand's criminal court sentenced 19 drug dealers to death, the largest number ever handed the maximum penalty in one day. Court officials said the sentences were handed down at the conclusion of five methamphetamine and heroin cases involving 21 people, including three women and a Chinese national.
Two of those convicted were given a life sentence and a 17-year jail term, officials said.The five cases involved a total of two million pills of methamphetamine and about 30 kg (66 lb) of heroin.
Chief Judge Wichit Leetumchaiyo said that 19 death sentences was the largest number ever dished out in modern history by a Thai court in a single day."It just happened that the court ruled on five drug cases, with almost two dozens suspects, in one day," he said. "That amount is the largest ever done here."
The convicts were Wan or Ek Intaeng, Amnuay Meesri, Chenlong sae Wang, Chamnong or Suthisak Reeja, Sue sae Lee, Kanyos Rujisuchon, Boonchuay Pengphit, Karoon Premkitpornpattana, Kongdej Paninthorn, Arom Onlamai, Kittisak Thongnoom, Sommat Raweksom, Kachorn sae Mee, Khemthat Artyaemsuan, Taweep Plaokrathok, Singthong Pimmawong, Chan Siprasert, Kampha Phatthawong, and Thongdee (last name not known).
Suspects caught with more than 100 grams of class-A narcotics are under Thai law eligible for life imprisonment or the death sentence, Wichit said.