Kim Eriksson stuck in Thailand prison – prevented from returning home

On September 22, 2011, Kim Eriksson was sentenced to death.

During a raid in the 30-year-old Sundsvallsbons garage, the Thai police had found a laboratory for the production of methamphetamine. However, the sentence was quickly turned into a life sentence, and later he was placed in the infamous Bang Kwang prison, known for its cockroaches, violence and overcrowded cells. He also attended the same establishment Bambat Phiset.

But then, a month ago, the message came that Kim Eriksson was about to return home to Sweden.

The parents were informed that the Thai authorities had now agreed to allow Kim Eriksson, 37, to serve the rest of her sentence in Sweden.

But this decision can change.

On 6 June, the Swedish government had already decided to ask Thailand to transfer Eriksson to Sweden and to be sentenced to 18 years in prison. The transfer was subsequently approved by the Thai authorities. The purpose was "to improve the conditions for the conviction of the sentenced judge".

A letter from the Department of Justice to Kim Eriksson, dated October 24, shows that the situation has changed.

The letter states that "the government can reconsider its decision".

The background is that Kim Eriksson himself wrote to the Justice Ministry on Oct. 3, then stated that the Thai judgment was "blatant and unfair" and that it "rests on a mistaken basis".

The Ministry of Justice now considers that the execution of the judgment in Sweden, if Kim Eriksson's functions are correct, could lead to a violation of the European Convention. This because a transfer implies that Sweden approves the verdict.

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"We have to make sure that we are able to execute this decision.It is what we are going to examine now.It is not possible to answer the question of whether we will transfer it. now or it will take a long time to clearly investigate this issue, "said Sara Friedman at the Unit for Criminal Matters and International Judicial Cooperation Department of Justice.

Is there a scenario where he does not come in at all?

– I can not answer this question for the moment because we have not corrected this question.

The Ministry of Justice will now review, for an indefinite period, the Thai legal process in light of the complaints filed by Kim Eriksson.

"We are going to study the problem here and then, let's see if it leads to a new decision or not, but we feel the decision has to be determined, and if the verdict is considered correct, there will be execution.

Åsa Eriksson of Mamman said that Kim Eriksson would probably have gone to Sweden at the time if the first decision was made.

She is very disappointed.

"It's very difficult all, I do not know anything yet.

Åsa Eriksson, like the son, claims to have been wrongly convicted.

"I am so disappointed by the Swedish authorities, they do not want to help, they should have helped from day one with the trial, so it would not be like that.

Kim Eriksson now has an eight-year-old daughter, born as a result of her arrest. After the verdict, he met only once.

At Sundsvall magazine, he recounted in 2011 how he had seen the first step of a girl stabbing during a race in the cave during a visit:

"The most severe punishment is knowing that it can take more than a decade before I come back and hug my daughter and my wife, and I can stand out from most of the others, but I do not know what to do. is more painful than anything else.

When Mats Larsson's Express met with Kim Eriksson last year, he was sitting at Klong Prem Prison in Bangkok and spoke of the harsh conditions after the takeover by the military. Instead of going to bed, he had three blankets.

– One to lie down, one to cover himself and the other serves as a pillow. I went to the Human Rights Commission in Bangkok to complain about these circumstances.

"It's worse now than it has been in 25 years.The military do what they want, they take it all away.