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“I WAS SHOCKED! MOTHER, 76, WAS THE MASTERMIND – SAYS BRIAN GOUDIE An American child sexual abuser who was allegedly part of a plot to be sprung from jail in Pattaya by a fake Scottish advocate has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. Gregory Miller, 46, a schoolteacher at an international school on the […]

Thailand’s Prime Minister and her ruling government today survived a ‘no confidence’ vote in Parliament with expected ease, despite protests which rage across the country. Her Pheu Thai Party easily carried the vote with a majority of 297 votes to 134 a result which surprised few. Her party carries with it the ‘Red Shirt’ faction […]

Thursday, November 28, 2013 A British kick boxer who stabbed a U.S. Marine to death in Thailand was today jailed for 25 years on the Thai holiday island of Phuket. Lee Aldhouse, nicknamed ‘Pitbull’ , who was the first Briton ever to be extradited from the UK to face trial in Thailand, had pleaded guilty […]

A Scot who claimed he was both a barrister and a Scottish advocate admitted in court today that he was no lawyer, but he knew a lot about law. Brian Goudie, 47, formerly Brian Goldie, told a court on the holiday island of Koh Samui that he had studied law in the United Kingdom, but […]

TRANG, PHUKET FALL – KRABI, SAMUI TO FOLLOW (Picture Andy Mitchell) Anti-Government protesters spread their protest to Thailand’s holiday islands today taking over the provincial administrative buildings on the island of Phuket. This follow the occupation last night of the provincial offices of Trang and now 77 districts, which include the holiday island of Koh […]

‘Protest Leaders, Authorities Should Act to Prevent Violence’ (New York, November 27, 2013) – Protesters have assaulted journalists, in some cases at the instigation of protest leaders, at rallies in Bangkok since November 25, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai authorities and protest leaders should act to prevent violence during ongoing political demonstrations. The […]

CONCERN IN BANGKOK AS VIDEO SHOWS POLICE COVERING CCTV CAMERAS This video has alarmed people in Bangkok. It apparently shows police covering a CCTV camera at Wat Benchampit near the centre of the protests after Prime Minister invoked the Internal Security Act and the Criminal Court issued a warrant of arrest for Suthep Thaugsuban, protest […]

Bangkok Tense As Internal Security Act is enforced From Andrew Drummond Bangkok: A sea of anti-government protestors surged through Bangkok today occupying key government buildings and demanding an end to the Premiership of Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters with a long list of grievances stormed into the Finance Ministry, Budget Bureau and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

Thailand’s capital Bangkok was in a state of tension today as nearly half a million* protesters began to march on Government departments – and pro-government supporting ‘redshirts’ flooded in from the provinces to support the government of Yingluck Shinawatra. But if the city was on edge, a lighter moment came when anti-government protesters besieged the […]

Another Enquiry, Another Promise, Another Death. A 63-year-old Briton drowned after being caught in a ‘rip’ off Karon Beach in Phuket (Wed) leading to a local hospital director to call for faster emergency service response. The Briton was named as Edward Joseph Brookes and is according to Phuketwan is one of at least 30 tourists […]