2014

The Thai Media have traditionally worked under both self imposed censorship and very strict lese majeste laws.  Crucial to the country’s stability has been the health of the King and what follows.  Quite clearly it is going to take time to establish order let alone harmony in the wake of the bitter disputes that have […]

Jeab a journalist lost her job at Mono Broadcast for this pose (Khao Sod) A so far peaceful coup was increasingly looking like it could turn mean in Thailand tonight as military men continued rounding up potential troublemakers throughout the country and dealt harshly with protesters on the streets of Bangkok. Army Commander Prayuth Chan-Ocha […]

Could Johnny the Cat be a subversive? It looks like it. Here he is announcing his own coup in Ranong Province in southern Thailand. It takes a certain amount of panache to lay down the martial law if you are only a few inches high. But where there’s a will there’s a way and this […]

SAILORS TAKE OVER COP SHOP – CLAIM In a story billed as exclusive the Pattaya One website on the eastern seaboard has announced that the Royal Thai Navy has occupied Pattaya Police station – the busiest on the eastern seaboard – and the Colonel in charge cannot be found following  the Thai military coup. “The […]

FEUDING POLITICIANS BUNDLED OFF TO BARRACKS CURFEW ANNOUNCED – SCHOOLS SHUT TV STATIONS FORCED TO STOP PROGRAMMING  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA ORDERED TO SURRENDER WESTERN MEDIA ‘SCAVENGERS!’ Thai Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha today confirmed that Thailand was now the subject of a military coup after bundling off bickering politicians and protesters to an army barracks where […]

AND GETS AN UNBEATABLE SENTENCE A British ‘share dealer’ was yesterday found guilty of cocaine possession but fined just 5000 baht in Pattaya Provincial Court. William Haines, 47, from Manchester, was arrested after police from Bangkok, raided his home two months ago in Pattaya. The operation was conducted by police of the Narcotics Suppression Division […]

PRINCE CHARLES UPSTAGES THAI MILITARY CRACKDOWN Now I am a great supporter of human rights associations and of course the BBC but yesterday I was what could be described as a little bit mischievous when broadcasting to the world about the military coup, or no coup, depending on what view you take. I was of […]

British Human Rights Activist Andy Hall who helped prepare a report on working conditions for immigrant labour at a Thai pineapple and fruit juice business in Prachuap Khiri Kan today surrendered to Thai police in Bang Na, Bangkok. The occasion was more harmonious than a previous incident in which it is alleged that police tried […]

 Just when US Embassy officials in Bangkok must have been celebrating his return to American soil Drew Walter Noyes is back and plumbing new depths.  ‘HORNEY (sic) GUYS’ WON’T LIKE THE GIRLS AT A LOCAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, HE SAYS Freshly back from his sojourn in the United States Drew Noyes – the man exposed there […]

THANK GOD THEY’VE STOPPED FLYING B52s! ‘Put your foot down Viktor. Show time at Oscars-a-go-go is at 11 pm!  I am not sure whether it was a result of a Captain of a Russian ‘I Fly’ jet making his final approach on a flight from Novosibirsk in Siberia to U-Tapao airport in eastern Thailand who […]