Calls for justice have been renewed for an expat who was arrested on Koh Samui and now sits in Thai jail for drug charges. The young South African woman, Ashley Oosthuizen, was arrested after she reportedly accepted a package from a delivery person that contained MDMA.
In a screenshot leaked online, the Koh Samui Provincial Court sentenced her to the death penalty, which was then reduced to life in prison. The Thaiger has reached out to Thailand’s Court of Justice press office to confirm the sentencing, but there has been no response.
A website calling for justice for Ashley went live, showing leaked documents, text messages and photos, accusing a man and his friends of being the ones behind the illegal drug trade. The website accuses an American expat, who they say worked as a high school science teacher on the island, as being an “international dark web drug dealer” using…
