An inquest is to be held in Britain into a British prisoner who was allegedly beaten to death in Nong Plalai prison, Pattaya – just days after he was admitted for stealing a motorcycle. Sean Patrick Flanagan, 57, was arrested on March 21st in the resort on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, for stealing a Yamaha motorcycle […]

 BUT WILL PHONY LAWYER AND PATTAYA PUBLISHER EVER GO TO JAIL? (Pic: Noyes) Appeal court judges today dismissed an appeal by American Drew Noyes, former publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper, against the acquittal of British journalist Andrew Drummond for libel. They agreed with the lower court AND threw out Noyes’ claim that he had […]

Two fine journalists spent an unnecessary five hours behind bars today after being charged with defaming the Royal Thai Navy. Alan Morison, 66, Australian and Chutima Sidasathian,33, Thai of Phuketwan were held in custody in the cell below the court in Phuket, while court officials sorted out bail. They chose to be treated like any […]

FLYING SPORRAN’S MEDIA WEEK Opening the Bangkok Post today I was intrigued to find  a an Op-Ed  piece headed ‘Unravelling the political Gordian knot’. It sort of reminded me of one morning picking up a paper in Lagos, Nigeria, and reading a story about a car crash in which nobody was killed with the reporter […]

The professional membership of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) congratulates Thomson Reuters journalists Jason Szep and Andrew R. C. Marshall on a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting on the plight of Rohingya people.  The award recognizes a series of articles that are in the best tradition of journalism, and which expose the systematic […]

REUTERS ‘PLEASE PICK UP YOUR PHONES!’ – SAY JOURNALISTS ‘GOING TO JAIL’- Reuters PR picture – Jason celebrates with champagne Reuter’s news agency was attacked today for celebrating a Pulitzer Prize in champagne while two journalists who provided critical assistance on their story face jail. Reuters journalists Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall were commended […]

FACE OFF WITH OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN (PIC – Norbert back left Jurgen back right – Suthep Thaugsuban front right Controversial German property developer Norbert Verweyen has been ordered to surrender to Bangkok Criminal Court to pay bail on May 18th as expats,  who bought property from him in Koh Samui begin to retaliate for years of […]

WHY NOT INVEST IN LITIGATION?  HERE ARE 10 MILLION REASONS Here’s another investment fund touted to punters in Thailand by our own breed of financial advisors which appears to have gone belly up.  Centaur Litigation seems to have mislaid millions – well around US$10 million – and those who will suffer of course are those […]

Michael Taylor’s alibi for murdering his Thai girlfriend was that he was on the beach having sex with a ladyboy – But Phuket Police’s excuse for not having him in custody goes one better – ‘We are too busy’. And thus law enforcement in Thailand carries on showing that of course all men are equal […]

THAI BRIDE DEPORTED FROM SCOTLAND NOW DEDICATES LIFE TO SAVING OTHERS IN DISTRESS. A Thai bride who was unceremoniously put into custody and then deported from Scotland four years ago after her kilt maker husband told the British Border Agency his marriage no longer ‘subsisted’ has arranged for the escape of  Thai woman who was […]