05 December 2001 :

The death penalty could be an effective weapon against corruption, which has become a norm in Thailand, Constitutional Court judge Amorn Raksasat said.
Amorn, addressing a seminar on corruption hosted by the Organisation for Transparency in Thailand, said politicians and state officials convicted of corruption should be executed.
Some government officials had bought the post of department chief for 40-50 million baht, he said.
"These people, if arrested, should be given death by a firing squad," Mr Amorn said.Vasit Dejkunchorn, a former deputy interior minister, said corruption had become "acceptable" to Thai society. Breaking the law appeared to be generally perceived as normal, Pol Gen Vasit said, adding that many offenders also could easily escape legal punishment.
"They must be given a death sentence," he said.