Thailand: Criminals voluntarily "chemical castration" can be reduced

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] On the 11th, the Thai Senate passed an important bill with a result of 145 votes and 2 votes abstaining, which made the country's legislation a step closer to the means of "chemical castration" as a counterattack crime.

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Thailand's "Bangkok Post" reported on the 13th that according to the content of the bill, Thai sex criminals can choose to accept "chemical castration" in the future -that is, to control testosterone levels by drug control.The application of the drug injection must be approved by two professional doctors. The criminals who accept the injection may be sentenced to a certain amount of sentence.However, after being released from the "chemical castration" criminals, they still need to wear electronic shackles and receive ten years of monitoring.In addition, this drug also needs to be injected for a long time, with an average of once every three months, and the cost of a single injection is about 100,000 baht (about 18,500 yuan).It is reported that the Thai "chemical castration" bill is suitable for violent criminals who have repeatedly taught.The bill was passed in the House in February this year.(Liu Haoran)

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