2016

CASE FOR YOUNG BURMESE HIT BY FACTIONALISM The defence team in the Koh Tao murder case has denied what it describes as damaging claims made in a story on the Thai Visa forum in Thailand – sourced from the Samui Times website. Lawyers for the young Burmese men Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin have issued […]

THAI FAST TRACKED JUSTICE FOR TOURISTS JUST ANOTHER MYTH A Danish tourist falsely arrested for allegedly attempting an insurance scam after losing his wallet on a night out was jailed, extorted out of cash, and has only been allowed to leave the country after being acquitted at the end of his six-month ordeal. Nong Plalai […]

He’s been playing with guns and boasting about his senator approved trip to the White House But still the noticeably absent publisher of the now defunct Pattaya Times newspaper Drew Noyes must stand trial for libel according to the Thai Appeal Court. Noyes, who fled to the States, but not before a payment to the […]

Police in Somerset have been in touch with police in Bangkok over the case of Mark Hallett – a British scammer first exposed on this site as one of the new ‘sophisticated berks of Bangkok’. Hallett, 48, skipped the UK while facing 11 fraud charges related to a Ponzi’ investment scheme. His father was a […]

BUT DEFENCE SHY OVER BRINGING THAILAND’S POLICE LABORATORY INTO DISREPUTE A summary of the appeal by the ‘Koh Tao Two’ against conviction and the death sentence for the murders of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller appears to totally demolish a sloppy prosecution case in the controversial trial in Thailand. The appeal highlights blatant […]

…AS FLIGHT RISK BRIT HOPS IT NO WONDER ’65 PER CENT OF INMATES IN JAIL IN THAILAND ARE INNOCENT’ Subscribers to the numerous Facebook pages calling for justice in Thailand have little to rejoice in as the current military government continues to ignore their pleas – while instead continuing to search out Facebook users who […]

THAI GOVERNMENT LIED TO THE UNITED NATIONS – SHOCK? The Thai Government lied to the United Nations when it presented its case earlier this month to answer allegations of human rights abuses for the UN Periodical Review, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. TLHR did not use the word lie. They preferred to say […]

LOSING FACE TO SAVE FACE IN THAILAND Lest we forget; the continuing persecution of Briton Andy Hall, who was part of a team which exposed ill-treatment of Burmese workers employed by the the Natural Fruit Company in Thailand, continues this Thursday. Andy Hall helped write the report ‘Cheap Has a High Price’ for Finnwatch.  But […]

The more things change – the more they stay the same. Will the United Nations see through Thailand, or at least its government? While the Thai military may have profited from human rights abuses, particularly in regard to human trafficking, it’s not as if this is something new. Thailand has been active and profiteering for […]

BUT WHO ARE ONLY OFFENDING THE MILITARY JUNTA! For those who are not aware there is now an appeal out to help all those arrested by the military in Thailand on Lese Majeste charges or insulting the monarchy. Funds are being raised to make life a little better in prison for those who have been […]