SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK I had a complaint last week from a reader who said that stories here were not coming fast and furious enough. He suggested I was getting lazy and urged me to get on to the case. He is from the north of England and seemingly does not […]

THAI BANKS COLLUDING IN SCAMS ON FOREIGNERS Ian Rance and family A British businessman who lost everything to organized crime on the holiday island of Phuket is joining the protest of foreigners who have been taken to the cleaners in Thailand. Ian Rance, 57, from Hertfordshire, lost everything in a scam identical to that of […]

DAVID HANKS ‘ I AM INNOCENT – DSI ARE CORRUPT’ Former Melbourne brothel keeper David Hanks, originally from Girvan in Scotland, has been remanded by Pattaya Criminal Court for judgment on August 18th for a number of offences from racketeering to working illegally. Two Russian defendants failed to appear for trial. It’s alleged among other […]

JUDGES SET NEW LOW IN THAI JUSTICE SYSTEM Just when you think things cannot get worse – the Thai justice system never disappoints. Details are now coming out about the recent incarceration of Jack Hansen-Bartel – the young Australian former pupil of the New International School of Thailand – who was beaten up apparently by […]

THAI LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – IMMINENT  LÈSE-MAJESTÉ CASES Court Trial Date Alert June 2015 – Pretrial hearings and verdict delivery on three lèse majesté cases (violation of Article 112) 1. The case against Mr. Jueseng Kow, aka ‘Small Bundit Aneeya’ on violation of Penal Code’s Article 112 for his expressing opinion during a public meeting (Black […]

DREW NOYES AND HIS MAJESTY’S FOCUS PULLER (Oh – and there’s a boiler room alert in the text here too) Posing as a philanthropist and kindly and honest businessman American Drew Walter Noyes established links with the Thai military and the Royal Palace to promote an image of being upright businessmen, while engaging in widespread […]

THE KING OF THAILAND’S FOCUS PULLER, 100 ‘RAPES’ AND AN AMERICAN’S MILITARY AID The following story has been held over for two days, but not for any other reason than the author is celebrating his birthday.  Having finished the bathing, clothing, feeding three kids, and sung ‘Do you want to make a snowman’ for the […]

FOREIGN JOURNALISTS UNDER ATTACK IN THAILAND- ARMY SAYS THEY COULD CAUSE INSTABILITY BUT ARMY LINKS TO INTERNATIONAL CRIME STAY STRONG Threat to seal off Maneeya Centre The Thai Military Government, which claims it is waging war on corruption in the country, appears to have created a smokescreen to cover its own illegal and definitely corrupt […]

SO WHAT’S THE CATCH! The mass market English language sites in Thailand appear to be going ape over a sales gimmick by Nigel Cornick of Kingdom Property giving people who buy property in his company’s Southpoint condo in Pattaya a 20 year visa for Thailand – courtesy of Thailand Elite Card. The story has been […]

Chea Sim Human Rights Watch says that the death this week of Chea Sim former President of the Cambodian People’s Party, and like Cambodian strongman Hun Sen, a former battalion commander in the Khmer Rouge, should spur people on to make renewed efforts to bring the remaining Khmer Rouge leaders to justice. Hun Sen satirised […]