‘Their only crime was to expose the illegal exploitation of migrants’
The acquittal of Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian today of criminal libel and violating the Computer Crime Act is reason to celebrate. But it may have no bearing on many cases being brought under Thailand’s Computer Crime Act not only against journalists but even tourists and resident foreigners by others who do not want their […]
AMERICAN ACTOR’S HOUSE SEARCHED IN HUNT FOR ERAWAN BOMB HUNT IN PATTAYA
BUT POLICE HQ IS LOOKING FOR THESE TWO A fairly well known American ‘B’ move actor claims he was stopped by Thai police and escorted home where they searched for ‘bomb making’ equipment. The actor, who wished to remain anonymous, is of a vociferous nature and once had a coast to coast syndicated radio show […]
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN THAI VISA CRIMINAL FRAUD CASE AS SITE GOES UP FOR SALE
A criminal fraud case which was brought by Briton Grahame Beecham against ThaiVisa Property Company has been settled out of court. Mr. Beecham who lives in Hua Hin and was a partner in the business withdrew the case and I understand the settlement with ThaiVisa’s George Andersson was amicable. The name Thai Visa has been […]
AUSTRALIAN AND THAI JOURNALISTS FACE JUDGMENT TOMORROW OVER ROHINGYA STORY
POLICE RUBBER STAMPED PROSECUTION – DID NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH – CLAIM THAILAND’S GREAT NAVAL BATTLES PART I Phuketwan journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian will be told of their fate tomorrow when the Phuket court hands down judgment on the criminal libel and computer crime cases brought against them by the Royal Thai Navy. The […]
DREW NOYES NOW POSING AS FLORIDA LAWYER LETS RIP
BUT ANOTHER OF HIS VICTIMS GETS OUT OF JAIL. Drew Noyes, who has been overstaying in the United States having graciously been given bail by Pattaya court after being convicted and jailed for two years for extortion, now appears to be claiming to be a lawyer from Tampa, Florida. No. We’ve never heard of Drew […]
PSST! WANNA BUY A HELMET?
THIS WOMAN LOOKS LIKE SHE DOES The great thing about Thailand is the consistency. There isn’t any. So people who were surprised by the arrest of Canadian-Hong Kong journalist Anthony Kwan for carrying a helmet and flak jacket will of course not be surprised by this picture of a woman jokingly taking an axe to […]
SHUT DOWN – PATTAYA LINK TO DODGY INVESTOR CHASING EXPAT PENSIONS
BUTT KICK MAN PROVIDES THAI LINK TO GRAB AT SAVINGS OF BRITISH PENSIONERS Toby Ledger appears to know a lot about exercising the muscles of his posterior ……….but jack sh*t about what to do with your savings. British government legislation enacted earlier this year to allow citizens to take money out of their pensions and […]
COST OF A HUMAN LIFE IN THAILAND RISES TO US$28,000 – LOSS OF FACE TO US$110 MILLION
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CONDEMNS NON PROSECUTION OF THAI ARMY TORTURERS The Thai military tortured to death a man in the troubled south and the Supreme Administrative Court accepted the facts awarding the man’s family US$28,000 compensation, It took eight years to get compensation but although the Internal Operations Security Command will have to pay out […]
THAI MILITARY DETAIN JOURNALIST AND CHARGE HIM FOR CARRYING BODY ARMOUR.
NO BODY ARMOUR? NO TRIP TO BANGKOK Alastair-Leathead Thailand’s military government has arrested and charged a journalist for carrying body armour and a helmet at Suvarnabhnumi international airport. In the farcical incident the Hong Kong journalist Anthony Kwan has been charged under the 1987 Arms Control Act., which prohibits the possession of military equipment without […]
BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS WORKER TO FACE TRIAL AS ‘CRIMINAL’ IN THAILAND
‘CHANCES OF FAIR TRIAL LOOKING GRIM’ The decision today to indict British migrant work Andy Hall in Thailand on criminal libel and computer crimes charges under laws which do not exist in any other country and are designed to protect the status quo of the rich and privileged has been described today as a blow […]
