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UN drug agency won't take stand on executions

Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by Global Ganja Report and tagged Burma, China, death penalty, East Asia, heroin, human rights, methamphetamine, opiates, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam.

South East Asia The UN International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said Feb. 28 that it is taking no view on the Thai government's plans to speed up the execution of convicted drug traffickers. The agency said it neither supports nor opposes the death penalty for drug-related offenses. "We are an impartial body and respect the rule of law and jurisdiction of countries," said INCB Thai board member Viroj Sumyai.