On November 10, 2015 Dutch businessman Johan van Laarhoven, 55, was sentenced by a court in Bangkok to 103 years in prison. His wife Mingkwan Kaen-in, 35, was sentenced to 18 years.

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They were charged with money laundering and will be serving sentences concurrently, meaning Johan will spend a minimum of 20 years inside a 50 metre cage with 49 other convicts in deplorable conditions. Mingkwan (known to friends and family as Tukta), will spend a minimum of 12 years in jail.

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At the court in The Hague this week, the testimony of witnesses in the case of the Tilburg’s coffeeshop pioneer Johan van Laarhoven begun. According to Steven Kompier of Cannabis News Network, who attended the hearings, the most important aspect has been left out in the mainstream media.

Johan van Laarhoven, one of the first coffeeshop entrepreneurs from the Netherlands and founder of The Grass Company in Thailand, was sentenced to 103 years in prison, of which he must sit out twenty. His Thai wife Tukta got …

BANGKOK – Dutch National Johan Van Laarhoven was arrested and sentenced to 103 years in Thai prison for money laundering.

His fortune was made from running licensed cannabis cafes in his own country, the Netherlands, and Dutch parliament members are now urging the Thai and Dutch governments to free him from jail for lack of evidence.

Dutch members of Parliament from six different parties have joined forces and are campaigning for his release.

In the 1980s Johan van Laarhoven started a coffee shop chain called ‘The Grass Company’ in …

After we stuffed all of our merchandise and other items in the car we left for our first pick up point, The Grass Company spoorlaan. Some of the ladies where already waiting for us and eager to go. These ladies volunteered to help Justice for Johan and wanted to help us with collecting as many autographs possible for the petition. 

Next was our second pick up point, this was our last stop before we would start our final trip to the Flevopark in Amsterdam. At The …

Wednesday May the 18th, two spokesmen of Justice for Johan had the honor to visit the Dutch House of Representatives. The reason for this visit was a meeting with Vera Bergkamp, member of the D66 party.

For the visiting party this obviously was a very special afternoon, because the average Dutchman won’t see the interior of the House of Representatives very often. After the employees of Justice for Johan successfully were scanned by the security services, they were escorted to the office of Ms. Bergkamp.

They where …