Author: Andrew Drummond
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BOILER ROOMS ARE WINNING THE GAME
Jordan Belfort is the real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’. By the time the U.S. authorities caught up with him he had taken down ripped off people to the tune of over US$220 million dollars in share trading scams. That he was a dishonest and evil man who spent his takings on the high life, prostitutes…
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THAI COUP EXCLUSIVE – THE MAN THE MILITARY CANNOT GAG!
END OF MARTIAL LAW IN SIGHT AS THE MOST RE-ASSURING, CREDIBLE FRIENDLY AMERICAN ‘LAWYER’ LINES UP MILITARY FOR ‘A SEMINAR’ The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand unfortunately has had to cancel its evening with Colonel Werachon the Army spokesman tomorrow night – But fear not! A star reporter is on the scene and he is…
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CONCERN AS TRIAL OF MAN ON THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF BRITISH TEACHER NEARS ITS END
With three young Thai women giving evidence at the weekend the prosecution is expected to close its case against Sean Tinsley, 45, for the attempted murder of Adam Pickles, former head of English at the International School of the Regents, on Thailand’s eastern seaboard on June 10th. Tinsley appears to have revised his witness list…
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COUP LEADER TO ADDRESS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS – BRING A TOOTHBRUSH.
Pic: US Marine Corps. Colonel Werachon right This is what I like about some coups in South East Asia. Here you can discuss the merits and demerits of a coup with the spokesman for the army over white wine and canapes. The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand is hosting an evening this Thursday at 6…
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DAILY MAIL AND MAIL ON SUNDAY ONLINE BLOCKED FROM THAILAND
It had to happen, but the first foreign online newspaper has now been blocked from Thailand. Not unsurprisingly it is Mailonline – the website of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, although it could also have been a foreign western newspaper or magazine. A story printed early today was ruled to have broken the…
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‘RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN’ – THAILAND’S TAINTED FOREIGNERS VOW TO SUE ‘GOOGLE’
TWO FAKE LAWYERS AND AN ACCUSED RACKETEER TO TAKE INTERNET GIANT TO COURT IN THAILAND IN ‘DAVID AND GOLIATH’ CASE WE’RE BEING HOUNDED! – THEY SAY. Thailand’s most famous ‘fake lawyer’ Brian Goudie, a former jail bird also known as Brian Goldie has announced he is suing Google Inc. and Google Thailand in what he…
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SAINT AND SINNER – ONE WAY OF WORKING AN NGO IN SE ASIA
There are times when, it is said, the bigger the lie the better. In the United States a whole industry has been built around Somaly Mam a Cambodian woman who runs Agir Pour Les Femmes en Situation Précaire – Helping Woman in Danger. Hollywood stars flock to have their photographs taken with her and wonder…
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JUGGLING BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND STABILITY: COMMENT
The Thai Media have traditionally worked under both self imposed censorship and very strict lese majeste laws. Crucial to the country’s stability has been the health of the King and what follows. Quite clearly it is going to take time to establish order let alone harmony in the wake of the bitter disputes that have…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…