Theerasak Longji ( th, ธีรศักดิ์ หลงจิ, 1992 – 18 June 2018) was a Thai convicted murderer who was executed by

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for the robbery and murder of a 17-year-old boy, whom he stabbed a total of 24 times. He was convicted, sentenced to death, and executed at

Bang Kwang Central Prison Bang Kwang Central Prison ( th, เรือนจำกลางบางขวาง; ) is a men's prison in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River about 11 km north of Bangkok. It is a part of the Department of Correct ...

. He was the first person to be executed in Thailand since 2009 and remains Thailand's most recent execution.

Murder

On 17 July 2012, 17-year-old Danudet Sukmak was approached and attacked by Longji and another young person in southern Trang province. The attackers, wielding knives, stabbed Sukmak a total of twenty-four times. Sukmak ran to a nearby park and died at the scene. Longji then stole Sukmak's mobile phone and money and fled the area.

Trial and execution

Longji knew Sukmak and the supposed motivation for the attack was jealousy over a girl. Longji had a history of being arrested several times prior to the murder charge. He had been arrested on drug charges, possession of marijuana, and a firearms offense. He was ultimately convicted of aggravated robbery and aggravated murder and was sentenced to death. His conviction was upheld by the Appeal Court and the

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. The other attacker or attackers were never caught. On 18 June 2018, Longji was executed by

. At 4:00 p.m. that day the ruling was made that he be executed. At 5:00 p.m. he was permitted to phone his wife in an hour's long phone call, during which he proclaimed his innocence. He did not speak to his 8-year-old son. At 6:00 p.m. the lethal injection process began and he was pronounced dead. He spent his final moments praying in Arabic. After his execution, prison officials phoned his mother and told her that she or a family member could collect his body. Longji was the first person to be executed in Thailand since 2009, and the seventh to be executed by lethal injection since Thailand switched from

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in 2003. He remains the most recent person to be executed in Thailand.

References

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Murder

Trial and execution

See also

References