The following statement has been issued by the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand in relation to the journalists who met up with members of the TNLA (Ta’ang National Liberation Army) in Myanmar (Burma) and who have disappeared after being seized by the Burmese military. The professional membership of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) […]

“I AM LAUNCHING THESE CASES WITH A HEAVY HEART” ….just in from Finnwatch Lawyers representing Andy Hall, a British researcher and labour activist specialising in migrant worker rights, will tomorrow on 31st May at 9:00am (GMT+7hrs) file criminal litigation against Thailand’s Office of the Attorney General, nine Thai state prosecution officials and one senior police […]

THAILAND’S HAPPY LITTLE REFUGEES Flying Sporran’s Diary Have been very busy preparing to relocate recently, hence some inactivity here, but in between packing I have been settling down to rest by watching British television. There were four Channels when I left the UK now there are something like 200 available – most of them dire. […]

 PATTAYA POLICE & CRIMS OLD LAGS REUNION CANCELLED A career criminal specialising in drugs and prostitution, and also long term friend of Pattaya Dane Niels Colov, Lonne is being held in custody after being arrested attempting to enter Thailand. Lonne, left, and Colov, right, at a crims reunion in Copenhagen (caption corrected 16/05/17) Lonne Fristrup, […]

A BBC CORRESPONDENT FACES FIVE YEARS FOR EXPOSING PROPERTY FRAUD IN THAILAND.  OTHERS WHO ARE RIPPED OFF FACE THE SAME FOR WHISTLE BLOWING BUT FOR THE BBC AND OTHER LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME MAKERS  ITS ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’ AS ‘HOUSE HUNTERS’ ARE LINED UP BY TELEVISION PROGRAMMES OFFERING THEM DREAM HOMES IN PARADISE. BUT THEY DON’T GET […]

COMMENT: HAND OVER THE FORENSIC LAB TO INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONALS The confirmation by the Court of Appeal of the conviction and death sentence of the two Burmese men, Wai Phyo and Zaw Lin, for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao will not have surprised many. The fact […]

Five legal and human rights organisations have called on the Thai government not to prevaricate against drafting laws allowing prosecutions for torture and enforced disappearances in the country. This followed a decision by the National Legislative Assembly on February 21st to seen the proposed new law back to the cabinet for another review. This all […]

Saturday, February 25, 2017 OFFICIALS TO PROBE MULTIPLE SHOOTING ON  CP FISH FARM FAMILY, GERMAN BREWMASTER AND POLICE TO BE QUESTIONED The Thai National Human Rights Commission has begun a formal investigation into a murder in the Thai province of Chaiyaphum, the cover-up of which was exposed on this website. The TNHCR has appointed lawyers and […]

BUT THIS CASE CANNOT BE SETTLED ‘FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL’  The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand have issued a statement in support of BBC correspondent Jonathan Head, a former President, who faces jail together with a Briton Ian Rance, one of many people defrauded out of properties on the Thai island of Phuket. The […]

Thailand’s military Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha has raged at the Thai media after a story in the Daily Mirror (London) described the Thai resort as the ‘world’s sex capital’. And he told local media in Thailand not to highlight the issue due to ‘risk of tarnishing the country’s image’ reported Prachathai News in Bangkok. […]