BRITISH PROFESSOR RELEASED IN THAI TURNAROUND – NAME DELETED FROM BLACKLIST
DOCTOR ELLIS FREED! A British professor working for the United Nations Environmental Programme was released from detention late last night after a Thai government turn-about – and his name was removed from the country’s blacklist. |Facebook/Wyn Wllis Wyn Ellis, from Swansea, an agriculturalist based in Bangkok, was released from cells air side in Bangkok International […]
BRITISH PROFESSOR TO BE DEPORTED FROM THAILAND AS ‘DANGER TO SOCIETY’
COURT CASES, ROCKS AND STONES, AND DEATH THREATS – HE CAME THROUGH IT ALL EXCEPT A THAI CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE The British academic who was detained in custody at Bangkok airport after correctly accusing a Thai civil servant of forgery and plagiarism – has been told he will be deported from Thailand on […]
BRITISH PROFESSOR HELD IN CUSTODY IN SCANDAL OF SNEAKY CIVIL SERVANT
UN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT ‘DANGER TO THAI SOCIETY’ IS VICTIM OF CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE A British professor who accused a high ranking Thai government official of plagiarism and defeated him in the courts has been arrested and held in custody as a danger to Thai society. Dr. Ellis in captivity Professor Wyn Ellis, from […]
Constitution? Who needs a constitution
(With A Badly Written Legal System And Flawed Educational One ) – THAILAND DOES Of the people, by the people, for the people? Thai Lawyers for Human Rights have issued a briefing on their interpretation and stance on Thailand’s new draft constitution. No need to comment personally on the draft. It is self explanatory. It […]
DON’T FORGET BURMA’S FORGOTTEN ARMY
Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary An article in the Myanmar Times today by R J Vogt about the Karen minority celebrating VJ Day in Rangoon (Yangon) last month and an accompanying picture certainly brings back a few memories. The story centres around of Sally Mclean and her organization ‘Help for Forgotten Allies’ or H4FA which of […]
LADY BOYS ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ – BURMESE MINISTER
BURMESE MINISTER DECLARES WAR ON LADYBOYS – HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CONDEMNS. Human Rights Watch has condemned ‘grossly discriminatory’ remarks made against lady boys and gays by the Burma’s Minister for Border and Security Affairs. The attack comes after Dr.Myint Kyu called for the rounding up of gay men saying ‘the existence of gay men who […]
NO CORRECTIVE FACIAL SURGERY FOR FORMER MELBOURNE BROTHEL OWNER ‘BABY FACE’– AS COURT THROWS OUT CASE
COURT DISMISSES CASE AGAINST THONGLOR CLINIC Tough guy Hanks before treatment The former owner of Masquerades brothel in Victoria, Australia, David John Hanks, nicknamed Baby Face, will not be able to get paid-for reconstructive surgery on his face, after a court in Pattaya, Thailand, threw out a case he had brought against the owner of […]
‘Their only crime was to expose the illegal exploitation of migrants’
The acquittal of Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian today of criminal libel and violating the Computer Crime Act is reason to celebrate. But it may have no bearing on many cases being brought under Thailand’s Computer Crime Act not only against journalists but even tourists and resident foreigners by others who do not want their […]
AMERICAN ACTOR’S HOUSE SEARCHED IN HUNT FOR ERAWAN BOMB HUNT IN PATTAYA
BUT POLICE HQ IS LOOKING FOR THESE TWO A fairly well known American ‘B’ move actor claims he was stopped by Thai police and escorted home where they searched for ‘bomb making’ equipment. The actor, who wished to remain anonymous, is of a vociferous nature and once had a coast to coast syndicated radio show […]
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN THAI VISA CRIMINAL FRAUD CASE AS SITE GOES UP FOR SALE
A criminal fraud case which was brought by Briton Grahame Beecham against ThaiVisa Property Company has been settled out of court. Mr. Beecham who lives in Hua Hin and was a partner in the business withdrew the case and I understand the settlement with ThaiVisa’s George Andersson was amicable. The name Thai Visa has been […]
