THE KOH TAO MURDER CASE – NOT NO MAFIA, BUT WHICH MAFIA? Sunday, April 10, 2016 Solicitor Ian Yarwood analyses the evidence in the Koh Tao Murder Case and find it suspends belief, while Andrew Drummond puts a litte spanner in the works. Thai prosecutors cannot be trusted to tell the truth. But if that is not so startling, actions coming …
HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL!
Aha. I never thought I would be one for those cheesy family Christmas cards but there I was in Tesco’s in Kingston Bagpuize when I heard this high octave ‘Ho! Ho! Ho! and ‘Have your picture taken with Santa for three quid!’ Seemed like a good deal to me. The Santa was actually a woman as we are living in …
The ‘blitzkrieg’ on media in Thailand by the country’s ‘eccentric megalomaniac’ – report
‘Reporters without Borders today publishes a scathing attack by Thailand’s military leader Prayuth Chan-Ocha whom the report describes as an ‘eccentric megalomaniac’. Led by Gen. Prayuth Chan-o-cha, the Thai junta has been persecuting the media for the past 18 months, imposing a reign of terror that has included interrogations, arbitrary arrests, a spate of prosecutions and barely veiled threats. And …
THAI MILITARY DETAIN JOURNALIST AND CHARGE HIM FOR CARRYING BODY ARMOUR.
NO BODY ARMOUR? NO TRIP TO BANGKOK Alastair-Leathead Thailand’s military government has arrested and charged a journalist for carrying body armour and a helmet at Suvarnabhnumi international airport. In the farcical incident the Hong Kong journalist Anthony Kwan has been charged under the 1987 Arms Control Act., which prohibits the possession of military equipment without a licence. Journalists based at …
FORMER GAY MAG OWNER PREPARES TO SUE OVER THE SHAME OF BEING LABELLED GAY
THE SECRET NOYES ‘FRIEND’ TOOK WITH HIM AS HE WENT TO MEET HIS MAKER. American Drew Noyes is busy keeping us all informed on Facebook about his activities in the US. The property fraudster and fake lawyer is also however keeping one eye open on Thailand and this week recorded the death of Bob Sutterfield, known as Hawaii Bob who …
Hello, Is it Me You’re Looking For?
Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary Computers -yes, just . But it was easier to pick up the phone and reverse the charges to London talk down the phone and let somebody else do the editing. Wow. Today I was watching Lionel Richie perform at Glastonbury which would take me an hour and a half to reach if I left now. It …
THAI GOVERNMENT INTERNET BLOCK ON INVESTIGATIONS SITE – NOT THOUGHT OUT
A block by the Thai government on this site seems to have done little so far to diminish readership figures, indicating that many people in Thailand may have already set up VPN connections. Page views are still hovering around the 10,000 mark and at the moment I am considering further actions to make articles more widely accessible. Views have been …
ANDREW DRUMMOND BLOCKED BY THAI MILITARY GOVERNMENT
The Thai Military Government has blocked this site, the website of British journalist Andrew Drummond in Thailand, for reasons yet to be made clear, apart from the fact it is viewed by somebody as damaging to Thailand. The block was imposed last Friday and relates only to viewership in Thailand. The site can be seen in the rest of the …
HEAR YE! HEAR YE! SCHOOL’S OUT AND THE COURT IS NOW IN SESSION
THE AMERICAN OR CHINESE WAY? Chang Just been down to my local mall to have a coffee with Annie Hansen – the mother of Jack Hansen-Bartel who was seriously attacked on Koh Samui last year and has recently undergone more corrective surgery. If any case is worth observing to see how the Thai justice system works, or indeed does not, …
BRITISH JOURNALIST – THANK YOU THAILAND
Wow. It has been a hectic month as I have been doing a little touring with my children before heading back to the U.K. They do not really understand what is happening. We are sort of on an adventure, some of which I guess could make a story by itself. But the last few days have been really uplifting thanks …