It should go without saying – but never sign anything in Thailand you do not understand – particularly in a police station – but this needs to be continually repeated and applies to everything and includes property deals, company deals and whatever. The chances of being cheated are extremely high. But people are often pressured […]

PHONY ROYAL MARINE CAPTAIN SAYS BRITISH JOURNALIST FACES ‘LONG CUSTODIAL SENTENCE’ Never a barrister A bail hearing in which a British foreign correspondent was charged with libel under Thailand’s Computer Crime Act for publishing a photo shopped picture, among others, of a fake barrister, who claimed he practiced at the High Court and Old Bailey […]

HOME FREE! BRIT WHO SAYS HE WAS TREATED AS SUB-HUMAN AFTER HE REFUSED TO PAY POLICE ‘FEE’  FOR BEING MUGGED IN THAI RESORT “I CAME TO VISIT THE SANCTUARY OF TRUTH. BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS LIARS AND CHEATS” “JUDGE APOLOGISES AS ‘FOREIGN’ INTERPRETER TAKES THE RAP FOR SENDING TOURIST TO JAIL WITHOUT TRIAL” As […]

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has intensified its travel advisory to Thailand focusing on the Samui Archipelago, the scene of the recent murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. It warns of unprovoked attacks whether by individuals or in gangs and now includes Koh Tao in addition to Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. The […]

‘Anybody with half a brain knows it would be blamed on the Burmese’ The young Scottish busker who fled the Thai island of Koh Tao in fear for his life, after he claimed ‘mafia’ figures said they would hang him for the murders of Hannah Witheridge, has broken his silence and commented on the internet. […]

WHILE YOUNG BACKPACKERS PLAY MACABRE GAMES FOR FUN THEIR PARADISE ISLAND HOLDS DARK SECRETS As Britain today prepares to bury the bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, who were murdered on the Thai island of Koh Tai, campaigns for a fair trial for the accused, and for murder victims in Thailand have gone global. […]

KEY WITNESS DRIVES A HOLE THROUGH THAI POLICE CASE Thai police case against the alleged killers of two British backpackers in Thailand was dealt another devastating blow today after their key witness said he had no knowledge of the murder – even though he too was beaten by Thai police. Ko Maung Maung, seated in […]

‘YOU SHOULD BE THANKING US BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR THE NEXT PERSON WHO GOES THERE’ – HE SAID AFTER HE AND SAVILE RAPED INNOCENT 15-YEAR-OLD Former Pattaya Brit Ray Teret, now 72, has now gone on trial in Britain for the rape of 18 under-aged girls. Teret, lived in Thailand for several […]

‘WE BEAT THEM WITH BLUNT END OF HOE – WE WERE DRUNK. WE DID NOT MEAN TO KILL THEM’ BUT  THEY WERE ‘BEATEN AND THREATENED WITH TORTURE’ Two Burmese men accused of the barbaric killings of David Hannah and Hannah Witheridge on the Thai island of Koh Tao – have admitted to lawyers they did […]

FACEBOOK FRIEND ‘KILLER’ FOUND RUNNING A MOBILE PHONE SHOP Police in India have arrested the alleged man wanted for the murder of a wealthy American socialite in Bangkok two years ago. Ritesh Sanghvi, 28, was arrested under warrant issued by the Special Extradition Court  in Delhi. Its alleged stabbed Wendy Albano, 52, from South Tampa, […]