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THAI MILITARY CONTINUES TO CLAMP DOWN IN THE FACE OF INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION

Jeab a journalist lost her job at Mono Broadcast for this pose (Khao Sod) A so far peaceful coup was increasingly looking like it could turn mean in Thailand tonight as military men continued rounding up potential troublemakers throughout the country and dealt harshly with protesters on the streets of Bangkok. Army Commander Prayuth Chan-Ocha […]

‘ROUND UP ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS!’ – THAI MILITARY RAIDS JOHNNY THE CAT

Could Johnny the Cat be a subversive? It looks like it. Here he is announcing his own coup in Ranong Province in southern Thailand. It takes a certain amount of panache to lay down the martial law if you are only a few inches high. But where there’s a will there’s a way and this […]

COUP NEWS – HAVE ROYAL THAI NAVY MOVED IN TO CLEAN UP SEX RESORT?

SAILORS TAKE OVER COP SHOP – CLAIM In a story billed as exclusive the Pattaya One website on the eastern seaboard has announced that the Royal Thai Navy has occupied Pattaya Police station – the busiest on the eastern seaboard – and the Colonel in charge cannot be found following  the Thai military coup. “The […]

THAI MILITARY COUP CONFIRMED – POLITICIANS DETAINED

FEUDING POLITICIANS BUNDLED OFF TO BARRACKS CURFEW ANNOUNCED – SCHOOLS SHUT TV STATIONS FORCED TO STOP PROGRAMMING  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA ORDERED TO SURRENDER WESTERN MEDIA ‘SCAVENGERS!’ Thai Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha today confirmed that Thailand was now the subject of a military coup after bundling off bickering politicians and protesters to an army barracks where […]

WOLF OF WALKING STREET MAKES COURT APPEARANCE FOR COCAINE-

AND GETS AN UNBEATABLE SENTENCE A British ‘share dealer’ was yesterday found guilty of cocaine possession but fined just 5000 baht in Pattaya Provincial Court. William Haines, 47, from Manchester, was arrested after police from Bangkok, raided his home two months ago in Pattaya. The operation was conducted by police of the Narcotics Suppression Division […]

MISCHIEF ON THE AIRWAVES AS THAI MILITARY TAKES OVER –

PRINCE CHARLES UPSTAGES THAI MILITARY CRACKDOWN Now I am a great supporter of human rights associations and of course the BBC but yesterday I was what could be described as a little bit mischievous when broadcasting to the world about the military coup, or no coup, depending on what view you take. I was of […]

WORKERS RIGHTS ACTIVIST ANDY HALL SURRENDERS TO THAI POLICE

British Human Rights Activist Andy Hall who helped prepare a report on working conditions for immigrant labour at a Thai pineapple and fruit juice business in Prachuap Khiri Kan today surrendered to Thai police in Bang Na, Bangkok. The occasion was more harmonious than a previous incident in which it is alleged that police tried […]

NEW LOWS FOR PATTAYA’S MOST INFAMOUS AMERICAN AND A FAKE BARRISTER

 Just when US Embassy officials in Bangkok must have been celebrating his return to American soil Drew Walter Noyes is back and plumbing new depths.  ‘HORNEY (sic) GUYS’ WON’T LIKE THE GIRLS AT A LOCAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, HE SAYS Freshly back from his sojourn in the United States Drew Noyes – the man exposed there […]

High Noon In Radio City – ‘You think you are big shot?’

THANK GOD THEY’VE STOPPED FLYING B52s! ‘Put your foot down Viktor. Show time at Oscars-a-go-go is at 11 pm!  I am not sure whether it was a result of a Captain of a Russian ‘I Fly’ jet making his final approach on a flight from Novosibirsk in Siberia to U-Tapao airport in eastern Thailand who […]

FIVE YEARS ON THE PENNY DROPS – THAI OFFICIAL’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST BRITISH ACADEMIC WAS A FARCE

ASPARAGUS ALL ROUND! THAI SUPREME COURT CLEARS BRITISH ACADEMIC OF DEFAMATION – BUT FINDS THE PLAINTIFF GUILTY! A British academic, who took on the cheating boss of Thailand’s National Innovation Agency, has won a five year court battle which has now paved the way for prosecutions for corruption. Dr. Wyn Ellis from Swansea, who is […]