February 2016
POLICE GET BACK AT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER
SO YOU’RE CHARGING US WITH MALFEASANCE? Human Rights Lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri will tomorrow (Tuesday) report to police who say they are now bringing charges against her for her part in representing students of the New Democracy Movement. The 14 students were arrested last June making a peaceful protest to mark the military junta’s one year […]
The Great 2016 Pattaya Bridge Club Raid Reviewed
DID THAI AUTHORITIES COMMITTED MORE CRIMES THAN THOSE THEY ARRESTED? There are now multiple versions of what will happen to the now celebrated members of the Pattaya Bridge Club after their alleged ‘gambling den’ was raided last week. Here are the two principal ones. The official version from the local Police chief Police Colonel Sunhat […]
ROUND UP ALL THE USUAL OLD-AGED PENSIONERS
‘ FOREIGN SENIOR CITIZENS PLAYING ‘BRIDGE’ ARRESTED IN VICE RAID Want to find a foreign criminal? Try the Rotary or Masons! Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary The amusing raid yesterday by the local Department of Provincial Administration has possibly in ‘one foul’ swoop reminded the world that all is not well in the Thai provincial city […]
ANOTHER SPEEDBOAT ACCIDENT IN THE ANDAMAN (caution graphic pictures)
TWO RUSSIANS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN INCIDENT OFF ‘THE BEACH’ Two Russian tourists were seriously injured when they were run over by a speedboat while scuba diving off Maya Beach in the Andaman Sea today. The Russians, whose lower leg was sliced off was rushed by boat to Phi Phi Island hospital on the main island […]
Cartoonist ‘Stephff’ – who baited Thailand’s military government – gets the boot (updated)
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST AS THAI GOVT CONTINUES PULLING PAPERS OF JOURNALISTS Sad news today that Thailand’s best cartoonist – in the English language press – Stephff – has had his request for visa and work permit removed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stephff – real name Stephane Peray – kept us entertained […]
TIME TO BRING BRIAN GOUDIE IN NOW FOR FRAUD EMBEZZLEMENT AND REVENGE PORN
He has been sentenced to three years in jail for cheating a 78-year-old lady out of nearly US$300,000, which including posing as a lawyer to pocket the bail money for her son who went on to die in jail without treatment for a heart problem. He got bail while claiming he needed freedom to care […]
TOURIST GORED BY ELEPHANT ON THAI ISLAND OF KOH SAMUI – IT WAS HIS FAULT CLAIM!
A 36-year-old Scotsman was reported today to have been gored to death by an elephant while on an elephant ‘safari’ on the Thai island of Koh Samui. The island English language newspaper is quoting one report saying that the Scot had teased the elephant with bananas. This was followed quickly on the report by comments […]
THE REAL FEARS FOR CHINESE DISSIDENTS IN THAILAND
CHINESE AGENTS WORK WITH IMPUNITY IN THAILAND – SAY DISSIDENTS. While Thailand maintains it is friendly with the west and the United States remains Thailand’s number one ally there are now the obvious indications that the country has hopped into bed with China in more than one way. Spy or Janitor? – Coldface First of […]
The Pattaya Times Legacy – returned by a Native American
Native American tracks down the Flying Sporran to deliver a gift. A Native American has tracked down the Flying Sporran in the UK to deliver a rare item, a Pattaya Times jacket which he received together with a Press Card after paying one million baht for shares in the long since defunct newspaper in Thailand. […]
