The Thai Government has now admitted what we have known all along. It is going to strictly control the foreign media in Thailand and those journalists guilty of ‘inaccurate reporting’ will have their visas revoked and possibly much more. The military led government has introduced new visa laws which in reality allow a ban all freelance journalists operating Thailand. …
THE POLITICS OF HEROIN – STILL AS UGLY AS EVER –
SO SOD OFF LO! (Cover Picture Lo Hsing Han) -So nothing ever changes in the politics of heroin. Only the bosses get replaced and in Asia most of them seem to die naturally rather than their minions who can get clubbed to death, covered in honey and fed to ants, or hanged. Thus I was unimpressed with the procession in …
FACE TO FACE WITH A ROCKET SCIENTIST IN MAE HONG SON
NASA OFFICIAL REMINDS A HACK JUST HOW GOOD THAILAND CAN BE. Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary. Mae Hong Son This week the diary is taking another direction. I have been running around in northern Thailand for a week to find I have been gagged. There is no story at the request of Scotland Yard but the good thing is that I am still …