Category: British Embassy
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WITHERIDGE FAMILY BREAKS SILENCE ON KOH TAO MURDERS WITH ATTACK ON THAILAND
WITHERIDGE FAMILY BREAKS SILENCE – BITTER BUT HEARTFELT STATEMENT FROM HANNAH’S SISTER SO YOU STILL THINK THAILAND IS BEAUTIFUL? Laura Witheridge the sister of Hannah Witheridge who was raped then murdered with David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao has launched a bitter attack on the internet linking to the ‘Anoymous’ group which…
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THAI JUSTICE ON TRIAL AGAIN AS BURMESE AWAIT THEIR FATE IN ‘PARADISE’
With just two days to go before the court in Koh Samui, Thailand, returns a verdict on the two young Burmese accused of the murders of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge on Koh Tao the defence pro-bono lawyers, appointed by the Lawyers Council of Thailand, and the Migrant Workers Rights Network have put out…
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‘JUSTIFIABLY PROUD’ BRITISH CONSULAR SERVICE PROMISES TO REMOVE DIGIT
FAMILIES OF MURDER VICTIMS ABROAD TO GET MORE ASSISTANCE The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office is to set up an ‘Access to Justice Unit’ to help the families of victims of murder and manslaughter overseas. The move follows criticism from the families which included demonstrations in London and a review by the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs…
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BRIT AMBASSADOR WAS PAID TO PROMOTE GT200 – DON’T IT MAKE YA SICK
Recently I have had to delete quite a few ranting posts against the British Embassy in Bangkok. Perhaps this needs an explanation. The fact is that Embassy officials are working under very restrictive rules about what they can and cannot do for British citizens in Thailand. There are more can’t dos than can dos. This…
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PLEASE TAKE DOWN THE UNION JACK KEV!
YOU CANNOT EVEN REPRESENT BRITONS IN BRITAIN – AND THAT GOES FOR YOUR DISREPUTABLE COLLEAGUE TOO! Many Brits, particularly readers of the satirical magazine ‘Private Eye’ will have heard the name of a partnership of crooked British lawyers known by the fictional name Sue, Grabbit and Runne. Pattaya has managed to produce another fine partnership…
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BRITISH EMBASSY PAYS FOR ‘RAILROADED ROUGH JUSTICE’ –
ARE THE CHILD ABUSE NGOs IN CAMBODIA STEPPING OVER THE LINE? -Or is everybody accused of child sexual abuse a lying pervert only fit for the scaffold? A report commissioned by the British Embassy records how a Briton convicted and sentenced to seven years jail in Cambodia for child sexual abuse was given absolutely no…
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Foreign Office Minister on Andy Hall – Thai Government Cannot Interfere with Judicial Process
Hugo Swire, British Minister of State for the Foreign Office, has stated that although Embassy officials had spoken to official of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Thai Government cannot interfere with the judicial process in Thailand. The question was put by M.P. Kerry McCarthy in relation to the attempted prosecution of human rights…
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THE EMBASSY COMPUTER – IT SAYS NO! –
BUT THE MAN FROM NATIONAL FRUIT – HE SAY YES! Battling workers’ rights campaigner Andy Hall who is being sued till kingdom come by the Thai conglomerate National Fruit is having trouble again with the local mission. The British Mission, that is in Wireless Road. ‘The Best Consular Service in the World’ The Consular Offices…
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WHY DIDN’T THE EMBASSY THINK OF THAT?
FLYING SPORRAN’S DIARY British citizens who are not enamoured with the help they get from the British Embassy in Bangkok will not be surprised to read today that the British government makes £56 million a year just by keeping people on hold on the telephone. I laughed my socks off when I read today’s Daily…
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THE GREAT BRITISH 10 MILLION BAHT VISA RIP-OFF
INVISIBLE DIPLOMAT STINGS COUNTRY FOLK- In a sting which is believed to have netted between ten and twenty million Thai baht scores of people from Isaan have been turning up at the British Embassy in Bangkok for an interview which will guarantee them a job at a hotel in London. While the sting might have…