Chi Fai Leung, Shun Wa Ng, and Kam Chuen Leung

Chi Fai Leung, Shun Wa Ng, and Kam Chuen Leung are three British nationals from Hong Kong who were acquitted of drug trafficking in April 2008, but remain in prison in Thailand.

The three men were working on a fishing boat in Thai waters when they were arrested by the Thai Police, after five hundred kilos of heroin and methamphetamines were found onboard the boat.

 Leung, Ng and Leung always denied any involvement with drug trafficking, but they were convicted and sentenced to death for smuggling and intent to distribute, along with two other men.

 In April 2008 the Court of Appeal overturned their convictions after one of the other defendants changed his statement, and admitted that Leung, Ng and Leung knew nothing about the drugs onboard the vessel. 

Despite being declared not guilty by the court, the men must remain in jail whilst the prosecution files an appeal to the Supreme Court of Thailand. It could take over two years for the Supreme Court to reach a decision.

They have now been waiting for over a year and have been in prison for over four years.