Thailand

THAILAND’S DEMOCRATIC MYTH – The Bangkok Post is currently running an editorial headed ‘Close Net on the Slave Trade’. The newspaper refers to an investigation by the Guardian newspaper in London into slavery in the fishing industry – where troublesome Burmese labourers have been literally murdered and thrown overboard. The details are horrific. One troublesome […]

ACTIVISTS BEING HELD IN SECRET -CLAIM Human Rights Watch today issued a statement criticising the military for holding on to political activist Kritsuda Khunasen and expressed concern about people being held in secret. The HRW Report follows: Twitter picture (New York, June 11, 2014) – The Thai military authorities should immediately confirm the location of […]

Pic: US Marine Corps. Colonel Werachon right This is what I like about some coups in South East Asia. Here you can discuss the merits and demerits of a coup with the spokesman for the army over white wine and canapes.  The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand is hosting an evening this Thursday at 6 […]

It had to happen, but the first foreign online newspaper has now been blocked from Thailand. Not unsurprisingly it is Mailonline – the website of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, although it could also have been a foreign western newspaper or magazine. A story printed early today was ruled to have broken the […]

Jeab a journalist lost her job at Mono Broadcast for this pose (Khao Sod) A so far peaceful coup was increasingly looking like it could turn mean in Thailand tonight as military men continued rounding up potential troublemakers throughout the country and dealt harshly with protesters on the streets of Bangkok. Army Commander Prayuth Chan-Ocha […]

PRINCE CHARLES UPSTAGES THAI MILITARY CRACKDOWN Now I am a great supporter of human rights associations and of course the BBC but yesterday I was what could be described as a little bit mischievous when broadcasting to the world about the military coup, or no coup, depending on what view you take. I was of […]

Gonged Former Pattaya Times publisher is back on the internet and engaged in a reputation recovery bid as his trial continues over his alleged extortion of a health clinic in Pattaya. Shaved suited and gonged Noyes is also promoting ‘Spice’ magazine once billed as Thailand’s biggest gay magazine showing he is an all-round tolerant kind […]

Tomorrow here on andrew-drummond.com the gloves are off! Will more foreigners put themselves at risk of Thailand’s antiquated criminal libel laws and ill conceived Computer Crime Act. Or will the supporters of some basic human rights issues win the day. Is Thailand entering a judicial black hole or will the authorities get to see themselves […]

Two victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 which disappeared and crashed on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing were carrying passports stolen in Thailand. The families of Luigi Maraldi, 27, an Italian, and Austrian Christian Kozel, 30, have confirmed that these two men are alive and well ‘Luigi called us early this morning to […]

Two cases start in the Criminal Court in Bangkok tomorrow (Monday) in which three expats are accused of plotting a massive internet campaign against an investigative journalist to cover up their own activities in Thailand. Facing libel and Computer Crime charges are Brian Gerald James Goudie (Goldie), 48, from Falkirk, Scotland, Drew Walter Noyes, from […]