Former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven, who is detained in Thailand, is not allowed to go to the Netherlands for the time being. Minister Grapperhaus of Justice and Security writes this in a letter to the House of Representatives. This is because the Thai court has not yet issued a final judgment on the cassation request. Van Laarhoven has health problems and is detained in poor conditions.
Van Laarhoven was arrested in Thailand in 2014 after a Dutch request for legal assistance. Justice made a mistake by asking the Thai government for help, without a criminal investigation into him in the Netherlands. The Thai police arrested the man and a Thai judge sentenced him to 75 years in prison of which he must serve 20 for laundering drug money.
Ombudsman Van Zutphen came with strong criticism of the state of affairs last month and ruled that the man has been detained for a long time due to mistakes made by the Dutch government.
Van Laarhoven himself has submitted a request to serve the rest of his sentence in the Netherlands, but that is not possible as long as the Thai court has not yet issued a final judgment. A decision in cassation from the Thai Supreme Court is expected by the end of this year at the latest, Grapperhaus writes.
Grapperhaus promises to examine cooperation with the judicial authorities in other countries. Together with the Public Prosecution Service, he will see whether the interests of the individuals involved are sufficiently taken into account.
Source: NOS.nl
Sometimes in Thailand a "pardon" is granted at an important event.
Perhaps the coronation in May is such a moment?
Impossible as long as the case is not over. Only after the ruling of the Supreme Court can there be a pardon or return to NL with the WOTS.
The Dutch officials who are thoughtlessly the cause of the destruction of someone's life should scratch their heads again.
Would you like to credit this as the ultimate revenge?
Moreover, it also concerns his Thai wife / girlfriend who has been arrested..
The 'Dutch government' should be ashamed that they do not pull out the bottom stone to repair this injustice that they have caused. Shame on you!
Well, if you screw things up you have to sit on the blisters. Whether your name is Johan van Laarhoven or Jan with the short surname, I have no problem with it. If you do something that is illegal, you must face the consequences. Period.
Again, that man has not assaulted or killed anyone, raped a child or anything like that on his conscience. He will have pushed his cases to the edges of the law and perhaps sometimes over it.
As with the Transavia pilot Gulio Poch, this issue has many similarities. In the sense that the Dutch judiciary extradites compatriots and initially does not care about the human dimension in relation to the criminal offences. Correction of that measure is a loss of face and one generates delay after delay. So far the facts, wait and see if that man will see the Netherlands again….
What about the destruction of lives and misery in many families, by that mess that van laarhoven brought to the man.
With a view to great personal gain.
Jan Beute.
I agree, but that should not be a reason for partial and illegal treatment by the Dutch state. If the government violates its own laws and morals through the mouth of the judiciary, no one is safe anymore.
Jan Beute, the Netherlands has around 400 shops where cannabis is sold tolerated; tolerated, so L was allowed to sell that stuff. As with alcohol, the user is responsible for excess, not the seller.
On the subject, his wife and he must await the final appeal in the case. Unfortunately it is no different for them.
an officer who thinks? Yes is about his vacation days and promotions and yes I made a mistake well who cares? justice? well of course not.
Really hope the king pardons him! What has he done? I'm now 80+ but I don't understand why smoking a joint is not allowed and cheating the citizen is. Let the man come here and be released quickly!!!
Just tonight, such a Member of Parliament shouted at Jinek: 'How does the Dutch government deal with its citizens?'
Again and again that arrogant attitude of our elected and paid representatives of the people, who therefore owe their jobs entirely to us. They should control the government and the rest of our government (so all of the Dutch citizens who finance that entire system). But the entire government has that haughty attitude: citizens should do what we want, not the other way around. While it should be the case that the person who pays also determines. Except for the government and the political parties with their despicable
job raffles.
It's high time for a big clean-up, time for citizens to have their say again. Until then, the Dutch citizen is not free as a bird with his own government, but outlawed! This is evident from the Poch, Van Laarhoven affairs and the 17-year-old Dutch student Charley, who has been sighing in a Spanish dungeon for many months on suspicion of some holiday messing around with two British peers, while there are still no charges against him. In Europe, for God's sake, where they always talk about human rights!
Watch out for the Dutch government because it deliberately delivers its citizens to hostile foreign countries and Dutch teenagers who get into trouble outside our country, they are simply abandoned by our well-paid government.