Wyn Ellis

DOCTOR ELLIS FREED! A British professor working for the United Nations Environmental Programme was released from detention late last night after a Thai government turn-about – and his name was removed from the country’s blacklist. |Facebook/Wyn Wllis Wyn Ellis, from Swansea, an agriculturalist based in Bangkok, was released from cells air side in Bangkok International […]

COURT CASES, ROCKS AND STONES, AND DEATH THREATS – HE CAME THROUGH IT ALL EXCEPT A THAI CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE The British academic who was detained in custody at Bangkok airport after correctly accusing a Thai civil servant of forgery and plagiarism – has been told he will be deported from Thailand on […]

UN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT  ‘DANGER TO THAI SOCIETY’ IS VICTIM OF CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE A British professor who accused a high ranking Thai government official of plagiarism and defeated him in the courts has been arrested and held in custody as a danger to Thai society. Dr. Ellis in captivity Professor Wyn Ellis, from […]

A line appears to have been drawn under the spat between the Bangkok Post and the Columbia Journalism Review and the Bangkok Post over an article by former reporter Justin Heifetz. The Bangkok Post reacted angrily to an article by Heifetz who fled the newspaper after facing the might of the Thai Admiralty after it […]

BUT MAYBE NEXT TIME ONE OF THE EUROPEAN WALLAHS MIGHT HELP** Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary Well here we all are and according to a Suan Dusit Poll 8.82 out of every ten of Thais seem quite happy with the actions of the country’s military government.  The Europeans, Brits, and Americans are of course not happy […]

ASPARAGUS ALL ROUND! THAI SUPREME COURT CLEARS BRITISH ACADEMIC OF DEFAMATION – BUT FINDS THE PLAINTIFF GUILTY! A British academic, who took on the cheating boss of Thailand’s National Innovation Agency, has won a five year court battle which has now paved the way for prosecutions for corruption. Dr. Wyn Ellis from Swansea, who is […]

Wyn Ellis calls on Attorney General to drop Supreme Court appeal Supachai At an FCCT panel discussion on Thailand’s Criminal Libel law yesterday, Dr Wyn Ellis called on the Attorney General to deny a request from Dusit District Prosecutors to file a Supreme Court appeal against his acquittal on a charge of defamation. Dr Ellis […]

BRITISH JOURNALIST  DESCRIBES COMPUTER CRIME ACT AS ‘CROOKS CHARTER’ (Picture: Andrew Drummond on the FCCT panel with Dr. Ellis, Supinya Klangnarong and David Streckfuss (off picture) Controversial American Drew Noyes, a self-appointed expert on Thai libel law, was to invited speak at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club after claims that Thailand’s Computer Crime Act was widely […]

Reporters Without Borders has asked the Ministry of Communications and Internet Technology to change its approach to updating the Computer Crime Act of 2007. The law already authorizes the government to arrest journalists and bloggers for political reasons. If a newly proposed amendment were adopted, the government would have even more latitude to muzzle the […]

‘WE TAKE THE SAFETY OF BRITISH CITIZENS SERIOUSLY’- The British Embassy has written to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to express its concern over the safety of Dr.Wyn Ellis, a British scientist who has received a series of threats, after high profile court battles with the director of Thailand’s National Innovation Agency. The Embassy […]