Earlier in January, Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Minister of Public Health of Thailand announced to the news media the intention to redefine the definition of “Seller” and “User” of hard drugs, such as Amphetamine (Yaba) and possibly other drugs that are considered to be illegal. Mr. Anutin said that his definition to combat and declare the war on drugs in Thailand is to define the individuals possessing more than “1” tablet of Yaba as the “Seller” which possessed the heavy fine or punishment.
泰國公共衛生部長 Anutin Charnvirakul 先生於1月早些時候向新聞媒體宣布，打算重新定義硬性毒品 “銷售者”和“使用者”的定義，例如安非他明 (Yaba) 和可能的其他毒品被認為非法。Anutin先生表示，他對在泰國打擊和宣戰毒品的定義是個人擁有超過“有超片Yaba、為擁有重罰或處罰的“賣家”。
According to Narcotics Acts, 2522 B.E., there are 3 tiers and punishments of the possession of Amphetamine, which is the type-1 substance to produce the “Yaba” as following:
根據佛曆2522年的麻醉品法，持有安非他明有3級和懲罰，安非他明是產生“Yaba”的1類物質如下：
1. Product, Import, Export, or Possessed more than 375 mg of the pure substances or such substances have been mixed with other goods, at a ratio of more than 15:1 per unit: 4 years or life sentences, fine between 400,000 to 5,000,000 THB or both. This amount of possession will be regarded as intent to sell.
產品、進口、出口或擁有超過375毫克的純物質或此類物質已與其他商品混合，每單位比例超過 15:1: 4年或無期徒刑，罰款400,000至5,000,000 泰銖或兩者併罰。擁有這些數量將被視為有意出售。
2. Possessed with intent to sell less than 375 mg of pure substances or such substances have been mixed with other goods, at a ratio of less than 15:1 per unit: 4 years or life sentences, a fine between 400,000 to 5,000,000 THB or both.
持有意圖銷售少於375毫克的純物質或此類物質已與其他商品混合，每單位的比例低於15:1: 4年或無期徒刑，罰款400,000至5,000,000 泰銖或兩者併罰。
3. Possessed with intent to sell more than 375 mg but no more than 20 grams of pure substances or such substances have been mixed with other goods, at a ratio of more than 15:1 per unit: 4 years or life sentences, fine between 400,000 to 5,000,000 THB or both.
持有意圖銷售超過375毫克但不超過 20 克的純物質或此類物質已與其他商品混合，每單位的比例超過15：1: 4 年或無期徒刑，罰款400,000 至 5,000,000 泰銖或兩者併罰。
4. Possessed with intent to sell of more than 20 grams of pure substances or such substances have been mixed with other goods, at a ratio of more than 15:1: Life imprisonment and a fine of 1,000,000 THB to 5,000,000 THB or Capital Punishment.
持有意圖銷售超過20克的純物質或此類物質已與其他商品混合，比例超過 15:1: 無期徒刑和1,000,000泰銖至 5,000,000 泰銖的罰款或死刑。
However, the experts expressed their concern on multiple issues, regarding the holes in the new practices that might allowed the undesirable outcome. For example, if such law is passed, it is an alarming concern that, the police could use this redefinition of the law to plant the evidence on the suspect. This, however, will creates the unfair arrest, and the sentences could be put into heavier punishment than what suspects might have committed. Another concern is that since the narcotics problem in Thailand is one of the biggest issues of Thai Society, such a low number of drugs will create more ground for the polices to arrest individual, thus increasing the arrest number in general. This will worsen the problems of overpopulation of the prisoners in Thailand which, it has not been resolved.
然而，專家表達他們對多個問題的擔憂，即新做法的漏洞可能導致不良結果。例如，如果通過這樣的法律，令人擔憂的是警方可能會利用法律的重新定義為嫌疑人提供證據。但這將造成不公平的逮捕，並且判決可能會受到比嫌疑人可能犯下的罪行更重的懲罰。另一個擔憂是，由於泰國的毒品問題是泰國社會最大的問題之一，如此低的毒品數量將為警察逮捕個人創造更多理由，從而增加逮捕人數。這將加劇泰國囚犯人口過多的問題，而這一問題尚未得到解決。
This redefinition, however, is unofficial. This will need to put through the process of legislative branches, and it will be considered by Thai parliament in the future. We will keep you posted for the update.
這個重新定義並非官方。這將通過立法部門的程序，並在未來由泰國議會審議。如有進一步消息將通知您。
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