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CASES DISMISSED AGAIN ! AS FAKE LAWYER FACES TRIAL
A journalist who exposed the activities of a fake Scottish lawyer in Thailand in the Scottish Sunday Mail has been acquitted of charges of criminal libel and breaching the Computer Crime Act in Thailand. A case brought by Brian Goudie, 47, formerly known as Brian Goldie, from Falkirk, was summarily dismissed by judges in Pattaya, […]
EVIL MAN OF KRABI JAILED FOR 20 YEARS-
DAD SAYS THANK YOU- PUTS DOWN SHOTGUN The Thai man dubbed ‘The Evil Man of Krabi’ has been jailed for 20 years for rape and assault at Krabi Provincial Court. Chumpol Khaonuang was sentenced on Friday for the brutal attack on a 19-year-old Dutch model near Ao Nang, Krabi, after her birthday party. Because of […]
XMAS TRAGEDY -Little Donkey Plunges Into Ravine Before Making Stable
‘Little donkey, little donkey On the dusty road Got to keep on plodding onward With your precious load’ From inside the Karen State of Burma this sad tale of a, well a mule not a donkey, which died after falling into a ravine while carrying a precious load for the Free Burma Rangers. I guess […]
Thai Prime Minister – Dissolves Parliament
(pic: Students at Assumption college joined the protest from behind school gates) Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved parliament today as tens of thousands of ant-government protesters converged on Government House in Bangkok in the ‘protest to end all protests’. Yingluck who had offered to hold a referendum finally gave into pressure as the city […]
PATTAYA TIMES NEWSPAPER MADE UP ITS NEWS OUT OF SPITE – COURT TOLD
BRITISH JOURNALIST BEGINS RETALIATION IN LIBEL COURT A Thai English language newspaper deliberately falsified news to spite a British journalist who was hot on the trial of its directors and investigating complaints against them in Thailand, a court heard today. On the front page of their website they printed that British investigative journalist Andrew Drummond, […]
Peace In Our Time – Not Yet But Demonstrators Cool Down
Anti-government protesters were treated to guided tours of the Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Bangkok today after they disarmed themselves and police put down their tear gas guns and water cannons. One of the protest leaders Thavorn Senniam announced the invasion as a triumph. But police overnight had announced they would declare an ‘open house’ today. […]
BATTLE FOR BANGKOK – WARRANT FOR HIGH TREASON ISSUED – SHOTS FIRED
WHILE ARMY WAITS IN THE WINGS A warrant for the capital offence of high treason was issued last night against Bangkok protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban as anti-government protesters besieged Government House and the Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Bangkok. As anti-government protesters approached barriers at the police headquarters in Bangkok with a back hoe and bulldozer […]
American Publisher ejected from Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand
An application to join the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand by Drew Walter Noyes, has been rejected by the club’s Executive Committee and his money returned. Noyes, 57, who has claimed both in court and on the internet that he is a member, had applied to join the Bangkok based club in August. Separately British […]
RED SHIRTS SCORE POLITICAL VICTORY WITH SENSIBLE RETREAT ORDER
Over 100,000 red shirt supporters of the beleaguered Thai government were told by their leaders to go home today after a 21-year-old student was shot dead last night at Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok. Fearing their protest could end in bloodshed in clashes with anti-government demonstrators, leaders advised the red-shirts that they could come back another […]
STUDENT, 21, SHOT AS STUDENTS CLASH WITH RED SHIRTS IN BANGKOK
A 21-year-old student was reported shot dead as university students clashed with pro-government red shirts in Bangkok tonight. Five others are reported to have been injured and were rushed to hospital. The gunman appears to have been caught on video by Channel 7 news in Bangkok. Bangkok’s Ramkhamhaeng University is only a few hundred yards […]
