THAI PROTEST MOVES ON TO HOLIDAY ISLANDS –
TRANG, PHUKET FALL – KRABI, SAMUI TO FOLLOW (Picture Andy Mitchell) Anti-Government protesters spread their protest to Thailand’s holiday islands today taking over the provincial administrative buildings on the island of Phuket. This follow the occupation last night of the provincial offices of Trang and now 77 districts, which include the holiday island of Koh […]
WHEN THAILAND BECOMES THE LAND OF THE FREE
Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary Any deaths yet? (Picture:OK – Not so okay) I’m taking a break. There have been no deaths in the current demonstrations in Bangkok and now there is a stand off so my more bloodthirsty colleagues back home are losing interest. Police have got a warrant to arrest Suthep Thuagsuban, former deputy […]
Human Right Watch Criticises Attacks on Journalists in Bangkok
‘Protest Leaders, Authorities Should Act to Prevent Violence’ (New York, November 27, 2013) – Protesters have assaulted journalists, in some cases at the instigation of protest leaders, at rallies in Bangkok since November 25, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai authorities and protest leaders should act to prevent violence during ongoing political demonstrations. The […]
ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR PROTEST LEADER – Police cover CCTV cameras
CONCERN IN BANGKOK AS VIDEO SHOWS POLICE COVERING CCTV CAMERAS This video has alarmed people in Bangkok. It apparently shows police covering a CCTV camera at Wat Benchampit near the centre of the protests after Prime Minister invoked the Internal Security Act and the Criminal Court issued a warrant of arrest for Suthep Thaugsuban, protest […]
NOT SO CANNY SCOTS FLEE THAI COURT BEFORE STATING THEIR CASE
‘MAFIA MAN’S’ LIBEL CASE –DISMISSED! ‘NAE KNICKERS’ CASE TO BEGIN TOMORROW. Two Scotsmen, one a former brothel owner and the second a phony lawyer, fled the premises of Koh Samui Provincial Court today, failing to bring charges of criminal libel and against a British journalist. David Hanks, 65, from Girvan and Brian Goudie, 46, from […]
Thai Prime Minister Invokes The Internal Security Act As Protesters Lay Siege To Government Buildings
Bangkok Tense As Internal Security Act is enforced From Andrew Drummond Bangkok: A sea of anti-government protestors surged through Bangkok today occupying key government buildings and demanding an end to the Premiership of Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters with a long list of grievances stormed into the Finance Ministry, Budget Bureau and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
THAI BRIDE ACQUITTED OF MURDER CONSPIRACY NOW SEEKS HER JUST DESSERTS
Walaiwan at Stephen’s cremation 81-YEAR OLD MUM COULD FACE EVICTION Sad news from Briton as the elderly 82-yer-old mother of Briton Stephen Phillips, who was gunned down outside his home in Isaan in August 2012, fears being evicted from her home while requests are being made from Thailand for his £200,000 plus savings and contents […]
Whisteblowers demonstrate outside Thailand’s FBI
Thailand’s capital Bangkok was in a state of tension today as nearly half a million* protesters began to march on Government departments – and pro-government supporting ‘redshirts’ flooded in from the provinces to support the government of Yingluck Shinawatra. But if the city was on edge, a lighter moment came when anti-government protesters besieged the […]
FAKE SCOTS LAWYER MUST STAND TRIAL – SAY THAI JUDGES
‘IT WASNAE ME! IT WAS THE GRANNY’ SAYS ‘BARRISTER’ HELPING ‘ICE’ WITH ITS ENQUIRIES Goudie with sign ‘Booked already!’ Fake Scots lawyer Brian Goudie will stand trial for defrauding a 75-year-old American woman out of US$300,000 and has been interviewed by officials of ICE over his conduct in attempting to procure the release of a […]
Has he changed tartan?
Any tartan experts out there? I’m wondering if Thailand’s famous fake Scots barrister has changed sides or not. Technically as a Goldie or Goudie, he does not have a tartan, but the nearest family are apparently the MacPhersons. So that is the kilt he should chose. Normally each clan or house will have two or […]
