Marinus Parlevliet was born in The Hague and is currently 52 years old, as of 2005 he has been in Bangkwang prison for 4 years.

In 2001 Marinus, his partner and an English friend (colleague teacher) went to the airport in Bangkok and sat drink coffee jointly in the restaurant. This cup coffee became an expensive one on account of the sudden arrest of this colleague and also... Marinus and sickly!

Supposedly "tipped off" by the DEA the travel trunk of their friends contained almost 3.5 kilogrammes of heroin...

Marinus has denied any involvement and among other things he was beaten in the kidney region with police force pole-axes to force him to sign an admission

The fact that the lawyers and/or embassy employees were not disturbed by these obvious beatings proves that this type of interrogation is in daily use!

The sentence...

Still full of faith in good spirit Marinus on 19 September 2002 was placed in chains and brought to the court where he was condemned to the SENTENCE of 2x life sentence!

Above press photograph of Rien (taken a couple minutes after this condemnation) speaks a clear language... total ontreddering!

Marinus has serious health complaints which makes his life in BangKwang prison into an extra hell

WHat we would like to see happen!

A Thai court, on thursday, gave life sentences to two Nepalis, a Briton and a Dutchman convicted of trafficking heroin. The Bangkok Criminal Court ruled that the four men were guilty of conspiring to smuggle 4.3 kilograms (9.46 pounds) of heroin through Bangkok's international airport in October 2001. The judges handed down death sentences for the four but immediately commuted them to life in prison, saying the defendants had cooperated with authorities. The practice is common in Thailand's judicial system.

The four were identified as Julian Nicholas Gilby, 35, of Britain; Marinus Hendrikus Parlevliet of the Netherlands; and Hari Bahadur Gurung and Pore Gale, both of Nepal. The exact ages of the other three men were not released. A Thai woman who was a fifh defendant in the case was acquitted but was ordered held pending an appeal by the state prosecutor. The woman, Namoy Nakcharoen, was described as Parlevliet's girlfriend.

All five of the accused had pleaded innocent to the charges. The attorneys for the four men said they will appeal.

Dressed in brown prison outfits and shackled, they stood silently as a judge read out their sentence in Thai. Acting on a tip-off, Thai police arrested Parlevliet, Gilby and Nam-oy at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport with a suitcase filled with herion. The three suspects had been tailed from a hotel,where Bahadur and Ghale had allegedly delivered the suitcase. The Nepalis told the court they were stopped on the street by another foreigner and asked to deliver the suitcase to parlevliet and Gilby without knowing its contents. Possession of more than 100 grams (3.53 ounces) of herion in Thailand is considered trafficking and is punishable by daeth.

Gilby's sister, Karen Cameron, said the family was relieved he had not been sentenced to death but said her mother was "devastated". "My mother's 70 years old and wants to see her son again.He's not been treted right through all of this. Obviously,She's devastated," She told the British Broadcasting Corp.

Dutchman, Brit and 2 Nepalese found guilty of trying to traffic 3.4 kg of heroin

Four foreign drug traffickers were handed life sentences yesterday in the Criminal Court after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 3.38 kilograms of heroin out of Thailand.

The four were Dutchman Marinus Hendrikus Parlevliet, 48, Briton Julian Nicolas Gilby, 34, and Nepalese Hari Garung Bahadur, 27, and Pore Ghale, 30.

They had been charged along with a Thai woman, Namoy Nakcharoen, 28. She was acquitted for lack of evidence.

The court originally handed down death sentences to the four but these were commuted because of their cooperation with police investigators.

The court had earlier heard that the drug runners had been arrested at Don Muang International Airport on December 28 last year.

Prosecutors told the court that Parlevliet, Namoy and Gilby were all arrested while Parlevliet and Namoy were saying farewell to Gilby. He had been scheduled to fly to Taiwan.

Police found the drugs hidden in a chamber of Gilby's suitcase. Police later arrested Bahadur and Ghale for providing the drugs.

The court heard that Parlevliet and Gilby allegedly admitted to police they had attempted to smuggle the drugs. They pleaded not guilty at trial.

The Nepalese admitted they took a bag to Gilby's hotel room, but denied any knowledge of it contents.

Namoy denied knowledge of the drug smuggling. She asserted she had gone to the airport to say goodbye only. The court found the four foreigners had collaborated in the smuggling.

Thai anti-narcotics police were tipped off by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) that Gilby would try to smuggle heroin from Thailand. Police staked out the trafficker's hotel room. It was police evidence that agents witnessed the two Nepalese deliver a bag later found to hold the heroin to Gilby. Police said they later witnessed Parlevliet and Namoy arrive to take Gilby to the airport.

It was discovered Parlevliet had paid Gilby's accommodation and also pre-booked accommodation in Taiwan for the drug runner.

A thai woman defendantdefendant defendant, Nam-Oy Nakcharoen, 28, were acquitted by the Criminal Court due to lack or evidence. The four one were ate first sentenced to death.

However, the court commuted their sentences to life in prison because their confessions were deemed to property leg helpful. According to the prosecution, dutchman Marinus Hendrikus Parlevliet, 48, Briton Julian Nicolas Gilbey, 34, and Mrs Nam-Oy were arrested ate Don Muang airport on Oct 19 charge year after police found 3.3kg or heroin hidden in one or their bags.

The three were about to board a flight to taiwan. Two other one were later arrested ate a Bangkok hotel.

They were Hari Garung Bahadur, 27, and Pore Ghale, 30, both nepalese.