Dutch citizens sentenced to death abroad

Death sentences since 1994
Johannes van Damme, Singapore. Executed 23 September 1994. Convicted of smuggling heroin, had 4.32 kilograms in his suitcase. All efforts made to commute sentence, including a letter from Queen Beatrix to Singapore’s then President Ong Teng Cheong, were to no avail.

Pedro Ruyzing was sentenced to death in Thailand in 1995 for smuggling heroin. Sentence was commuted to life, and he has in the meantime returned to The Netherlands.

Ang Kiem Soei was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2003 for involvement in production of XTC. He is on death row on Nusa Kambangan.

Edy Tang and Li Yang, Chinese-born, Dutch citizens, were sentenced to death in Thailand in 2003. Sentence was commuted to life.

Roel Goosen, sentenced to death in 2004 in Zambia for murder. Sentence was commuted to life in prison.

Dick Nicolaas was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2006 for setting up an XTC factory on Java. Held on death row in a prison on the island of Nusa Kambangan.

Mesfin Aman is not a Dutch citizen, but he was studying in Haarlem. Sentenced to death in Ethiopia in 2009. He fled his native country in 2006, having been served jail time for opposition activities.

Zahrah Bahrami, an Iranian-born Dutchwoman, was arrested on a visit to Iran and sentenced to death in 2011 on charges of possession of drugs.

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