Last week Ukraine's President asked the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, to pardon a Ukrainian woman arrested for heroin possession. Viktoria Mamontova was charged in 2000 to belong to an international drug trafficking network. 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of heroin was found in his room in Bangkok. Sentenced to death first, the death penalty was replaced by 33 years and six months in prison.
She was the first Ukrainian citizen to be sentenced to death abroad following Ukraine's proclamation of independence in 1991.
Ukraine's president ,Viktor Yushchenko wrote in a letter to his majesty the king : “I am sure that a positive resolution of this issue will once again demonstrate your great wisdom and adherence to the high principles of humanism, Your Majesty, as well as the mutual confidence and respect that characterize relations between our countries”.
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