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THAILAND – ‘HOST TO INTERNATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATES AWASH WITH DESPISED FOREIGNERS’

One of the worst scandals in the annals of tourism’ – Daily Mail Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary As Thailand takes some hard knocks from a book about to be published called ‘Destination: Deadly Thailand’ – described by the Daily Mail as exposing  ‘one of the worst scandals in the annals of modern tourism’ – some […]

Koh Tao Murders – Don’t Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major

Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary I have always been a bit wary of senior sergeants and sergeant majors in the Thai Police force. They are not like the classic British Army Sergeant Majors, who in days of old, actually ran the British army, and may still do. Anuthep No, Thai Police senior sergeants and sergeant majors […]

‘TAKE THE RAP FOR THAILAND’ – BURMESE WORKER TOLD. ‘YOU OWE IT TO US’

CAN THAI POLICE STLL GET AWAY WITH OLD STYLE ‘COVER UPS’ AND ‘FIT-UPS’? Tortured ‘Narong’ over the Kirsty Jones murder ‘Do it for Thailand’ As the controversy continues over who was responsible for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao, and police close ranks on their now sealed inquiry, questions are […]

EVIDENCE OF TORTURE SEEMS LIKELY IN KOH TAO ENQUIRY

KOH TAO MURDERS: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO SUMMONS OFFICERS ON THE GROUND Porntip Senior police officers involved in the Koh Tao murder investigation today appeared before a board of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand to answer allegations about the torture of Burmese migrant workers and suspects. The HRC has now it says received […]

BRITISH POLICE TO BE ALLOWED TO CHECK DNA AND TORTURE CLAIMS

THAI PM CONCEDES TO REQUEST BY DAVID CAMERON But Thai police chief not happy British police have been given the green light to investigate DNA procedures and torture claims surrounding the Thai investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. Diplomatic sources have confirmed that Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha has accepted that […]

KOH TAO MURDERS – PROTESTERS DEMAND BRITISH INVESTIGATION IN LONDON

 WHILE BRITAIN’S AMBASSADOR TARGETS THAI MEDIA –  Protesters demanding an British government investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were successful today in handing their petition into the British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. The demo attracted quite a large crowd  including Burmese and Thai – although as usual only […]

THAI POLICE COVERED UP FOR MAFIA, CLAIMS LEADING THAI MEDIA MOGUL

‘EVERYONE KNEW FROM THE START’ ‘THE BURMESE WERE SCAPEGOATS!’ A leading Thai media mogul went on his own television station in Bangkok last night and said that Thai police were covering up for the island mafia over the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. Sondhi Limthongkul boss of Manager magazine and Asia Satellite Television […]

ONLINE PETITION ON KOH TAO MURDERS PROMPTS MARCH ON NO 10

TWO MURDERS TOO FAR- PERHAPS MISGUIDED, PERHAPS BELATED BUT 80,000 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED- AND THEY WANT UK GOVERNMENT TO BE MORE ACTIVE- An online petition demanding a British investigation into the deaths of backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller may be less than pragmatic – but some 80,000 people have signed – some of whom […]

KOH TAO MURDERS – HE WENT THIS WAY – NO HE WENT THAT AWAY

CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE KOH TAO MURDER TRIAL? HERE’S A ROUGH GUIDE  No it was this way!  No it was that  a’way! A defendant writes Thailand’s Justice system will come under considerable scrutiny during the trial of the two young Burmese men if foreign observers are allowed and foreign police are also able […]

BRITAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THAI MURDER INVESTIGATION – OFFERS ASSISTANCE

The British Government has now officially raised its concerns over the Thai investigation into who killed Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the island of Koh Tao. Foreign Office Minister summonsed the Thai Charge d’Affairs in London and in particular raised concern about the behaviour of the Royal Thai Police and it’s dealing with the […]