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EXTORTIONIST FLIES OFF TO KOREA TO DO LIONS CHARITY WORK

November 12, 2014, 9:18 pm
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An American ‘Walter Mitty’ who has been sentenced to two years in jail for extortion has announced that he is off to South Korea to do charity works in his role as President of the Lions Club of Bangkok – Silom 310D.

Drew Walter Noyes, who has a highly imaginative 7000 word bio on naymz.com and who was sentenced last month with his common law wife Wanrapa Boonsu, says on Facebook that he is due to attend the  Orient and South East Asia Lions Forum which is being held in Incheon.

Delegates will be staying at the Hyatt , Incheon, and the conference drink will be 'raspberry wine' while delegates have been asked to foster and imprint the image of ' tolerance'- something which they have already done apparently.

Earlier this year he applied to the court to travel to the United States. He flew via Seoul with Boonsu and part of his family – He has nine children in Thailand – and returned less two children.

Both Noyes and Boonsu are on bail of 500,000 baht bail and will have had to put down a considerable top up to leave the country.


On his last trip he published pictures on his Facebook page of Thai military escorting him through Suvarnabhumi airport but assurances have been given that the military concerned were not on official business.

Several people have written both to the Lions Club of Bangkok and OSEAL complaining of his membership of the Lions Club.

In what seemed to be credibility boosting moves Drew Noyes attempted to join Rotary but was refused. His Optimists Club of Pattaya was deregistered by Optimists International within a few months of its birth and he failed to get elected to the board of the Pattaya City Expats Club despite being a founding member. This followed complaints by members of property fraud relating to his marketing of National Housing Authority property in Thepprasit Road, Jomtien. on Thailand's eastern seaboard.

He struck lucky with Lions Club Silom 310D which predominantly comprises Indian members and holds curry nights.





Noyes before arriving in Thailand had been exposed in the Morning Star in Wilmington, North Carolina.

His CV or biography, said the newspaper, contained ‘myriad lies’ and he had been involved in dodgy property and share dealing as well as being accused of sexual harassment, demanding oral sex from a junior member of staff, threatening to cut her hours, which he did after she refused, the woman’s lawyer was quoted as saying.

The newspaper story ran under the headline 'Trouble Follows Developer' and ran on pages one and three.

Noyes has denied he was convicted of extortion to the Lions Club. “I have an open case for which there is no final verdict,” he told them.

The fact that he has been moving his children to the States might suggest that is his ultimate destination.



#DrewNoyes #WanrapaBoonsu #LionsClubBangkokSilom310D
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TEMPORARY TRUCE AS POLICE AND ‘SHARKY’ MUZZLE UP

November 13, 2014, 4:28 am
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'Either the 'ballsiest' person ever or a complete mental case'

Police in the Thai eastern seaboard resort of Pattaya have taken a statement from Tim ‘Sharky’ Ward, who has been besieging the main police station making allegations that police stole his gold and tried to set him up for drugs.

After the local police chief retaliated suggesting he could be deported for his offensive behavior, Ward, a former loan shark and club owner of Australia’s Gold Coast, came out of the police station at 3 am today a happier man.

Police had finally taken a statement from him and he reported: “I may have been given a bunch of lemons. If so I plan to make some lemonade”.

The latest moves followed the intervention, he says, of a well-known and highly respected Pattaya businessman whom he describes as a person ‘You don’t have to talk like a child to.’

“He told me that I can carry on fighting the world all by myself – in which case I might get shot or deported or both – or I can divert my energy to other matters.  He said either I was the ballsiest person he had come across or I was a complete mental case.”


The jury is out on that one. Ward told ‘Sneaky TV’ last week that he was a poster boy for mental illness.

There were six people inside his head, he said, all of whom hated Pattaya Police. On the other hand he makes perfect sense.

If the truce lasts his demonstrations will have worked.

Ward will return to Pattaya Police station on Friday to meet senior police from Chonburi and sign the statement after he has checked the English translation.

The discussions with the local businessman came after Ward turned down numerous offers for help from ‘foreigners who had Thai wives who were police generals or something like that’.

Meanwhile Sneaky TV are editing a piece which should go up on the net next Monday.

A report run by Niels Colov’s Pattaya People Media Group accusing Sharky of breaking a cameraman’s strap and damaging a camera has been removed and says Ward, he has subsequently received an apology.

Ward had been threatened with prosecution after the journalist made a statement. The video, says Ward, actually shows the journalist attacking him.

Sharky is not currently in love with the Australian media either.

 “I gave an interview to a journalist from the Gold Coast bulletin lasting over an hour. She then lifted reams from a website set up in my name which is not mine, without checking.”

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PIMP AND FAKE LAWYER GO MISSING - AS JOURNALIST PREPARES TO PAY BAIL

November 13, 2014, 6:31 am
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SCOTS WHA HAE - BEEN AWAY

Hanks and Goudie with their lawyer
Scotsmen Brian Goudie, a phony lawyer, and David Hanks, a former pimp in Melbourne failed to appear in court in Koh Samui to press criminal libel and computer crimes charges against British journalist Andrew Drummond – and neither did their lawyer.

 Goudie,  from Falkirk, who is also now in court in both Samui and Pattaya in relation to charges of defrauding an American woman out of 7.9 million baht (US$240,791) through his pseudo law company Alba Laws, had indicated earlier in the week he would not bother to attend.  ‘I shall be in Bangkok” he said in an email.

If he does not surrender to bail a warrant of arrest will be issued against him in relation to the fraud charges.

Hanks, from Girvan, former owner of Masquerades Brothel in Keysborough, Melbourne, which has featured in Australian Administrative Tribunals, did not indicate why he could not attend.

Last year he was arrested in an investigation by the Department of Special Investigations into a Russian ‘mafia group’ in Pattaya which was lending money at the rate of 60 per cent per month. Hanks, Thai newspapers reported, was the funder.

Goudie also did not show up in the other case to contest the latest charges brought by lawyers on behalf of Barbara Fanelli Miller, 76, of Madison, Wisconsin. On October 31st the case was accepted for trial in Koh Samui.

The lawyer for both Hanks and Goudie had notified the court that he had withdrawn his services. Both Hanks and Goudie will have to find a new lawyer to represent them on April 20th next year.

Lawyers for Andrew Drummond had requested an adjournment of the case.

Hanks is suing Drummond for a report describing him as a former pimp and linking him to ‘mafia’. Hanks was the former owner of 'Masquerades' a brothel in Keysborough, a suburb of Melbourne.

In one case AAAT case Australian Immigration officers said they found a 40-year-old Thai prostitute in this brothel which specialized in ‘Asian Hotties’

She had gone through a sham marriage with an 18-year-old Australian construction worker to gain residency in Australia. Her residency was withdrawn)

Goudie as Royal Marine
Goudie is suing on the basis of photo-shopped pictures of himself dressed as a barrister and as an officer in the Royal Marines and in ‘pampers’ amongst others.

Goudie, formerly known as Prisoner E0000274 Goldie in Hakea Prison, WA., has never been a barrister or a Royal Marine, but this is what he used to tell everyone, including Barbara Fanelli Miller, until he was outed on this site.

He was jailed in Australia for six years for stealing from his employers ,a West Australian mining company, while in a position of trust in the accounts department - and an Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal heard that a warrant of arrest had been issued against him by Scottish police in connection with a fraud on a car sales company and the Royal Bank of Scotland.



Last month on his pseudo legal site casewatchasia which is dedicated to his enemies Goudie predicted:

as fake barrister
"The Court today noted in the record that no further adjournments will be granted, and if Drummond fails to appear on November 13th arrest warrants will be issued.
Goudie and Hanks are said to intend to object to Drummond being released on bail, other than with tough conditions such as a higher than normal bail bond, clear confirmation of a residential address, travel restrictions and surrender of passport, as  they say Drummond now faces at least five criminal trials next year in cases that have already been accepted and is a clear flight risk."
Footnote:With separate cases in Pattaya and Koh Samui on actual serious criminal charges (There are no such offences as criminal libel or Computer Crime libel in the UK or USA where this site is registered and based) its more likely that Brian Goudie is a greater flight risk.

#BrianGoudie #DavidHanks






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EXCLUSIVE - BANGKOK BOILER ROOM'S CROATIAN LANDFILL

November 13, 2014, 11:08 am
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BUT THE AUTHORITIES ARE SLOWLY COTTONING ON!

Local government officials in Croatia have finally come face to face with the realization that the biggest project in the history of the principality of Matulji ( look it up) is but a mere pipe dream.

And that indeed the principal funder – Sparta Matrix, which has been exposed many times on this site, they realise is indeed  a ‘boiler room’.

The project so far
All this despite the fact that Sparta Matrix told the authorities:
 "In the name of the Board of Directors, Philip Wainwright wishes to inform all investors and people who work with our organization and for our organization to all complaints about scams on the Internet posted by the competing companies to us, in order to discredit our company. Our company therefore decided to file a complaint against all of these companies... etc"

This site is not a competing company and has as yet not received a complaint.

Sparta Matrix technically owes 55 per cent of the company Miklavije LC, company, which has been structured to build a ‘ 984 million Euros logistics center providing an opportunity for the development of various projects of entrepreneurial programs (logistics and distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, business services, transport )with a  broad range of investors, especially those from the area of southern Germany, Austria , Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, who gravitate to the port of Rijeka and use the Rijeka transport route.’

What that means is a massive port logistics centre.

Sparta Matrix has been funding its role with an impressive but see-through website. In fact this company with its boss Philip Wainwright is better known for its boiler room scams in Asia and as we pointed out here is the subject of warnings on a Securities and Futures Commission warning list in Hong Kong and also on a Swedish Finansinspektionen list.

Well the President has seen him, Wainwright left with President Ivo Josipović


Still Croatian journalist  Ladislav Tomičić has put pen to paper and has been recording all this on Novi List.

He writes. 'This is a story with an unhappy ending'.

Then he wades through the security exchange warnings, boiler room allegations and cannot find anyone who can remember #Philip Wainwright.

#SpartaMatrix will not be getting any land for their cash, which is what they wanted - although they are now trying to sue to the local municipality.

This is of course bad news for senior citizens in Western Europe who have been pouring money into Sparta Matrix but then Sparta Matrix always bad news.

One of Sparta Matrix's claims to gain respectability was to say it was  registered with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission – but of course as we have seen in the last year a whole range of crooks are registered there.




The funniest was their link to United States Homeland Security and the western intelligence communities – but when you clicked on their Homeland Security link on their website you got this.

Don'tchya love it?

Below - from the Fraud Recovery Group



FRAUD WARNING SPARTAMATRIX
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EUROPEAN UNION CONDEMNS ABUSE OF THAILAND'S CRIMINAL LIBEL LAWS

November 14, 2014, 11:48 pm
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EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION TO THAILAND 

Press Release

Local EU Statement on the increasing misuse of criminal defamation laws in Thailand 

The European Union Delegation issues the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Thailand. Bangkok, 14 November 2014

The EU is committed to promoting and protecting the freedom of opinion and expression worldwide.

The EU Delegation wishes to express its concern over the increasing misuse of criminal defamation laws in Thailand. The EU believes that defamation laws should not be misused to censor criticism and debate concerning public issues as this constitutes a serious threat to Freedom of Expression.

Recent cases brought against Human Rights Defender Andy Hall, journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian from the"Phuketwan" newspaper, and the freelance journalist Andrew Drummond have served to demonstrate how criminal defamation laws are vexatiously used to silence freedom of expression and investigative journalism in the country.

The EU would like to appeal to State authorities to fully abide by their international obligations.

As part of wider reform in Thailand, we urge the National Reform Council to address this issue, so that criminal defamation laws can not in the future be used as a means of silencing legitimate analysis or debate.

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The professional membership of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand supports the following statement endorsed by the European Union heads of mission in Thailand concerning the abuse of a suite of defamation laws that continue to stifle legitimate investigation on matters of public interest, free speech and fair comment with the threat and application of criminal penalties.

There has long been concern in such cases that telling the truth may not stand up as a defense in court. Among a number of other concerns is the use of vexatious litigation, or malicious prosecution, in which defendants are forced to defend multiple similar cases filed in different locations by the same plaintiffs or plaintiffs working in concert. 

Such tactics do not serve the cause of justice or openness and squander public funds in the courts. They should be investigated as a matter of urgency. 


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THAILAND – ‘HOST TO INTERNATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATES AWASH WITH DESPISED FOREIGNERS’

November 16, 2014, 5:25 am
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One of the worst scandals in the annals of tourism’ – Daily Mail

Flying Sporran's Weekend Diary


As Thailand takes some hard knocks from a book about to be published called ‘Destination: Deadly Thailand’ – described by the Daily Mail as exposing  ‘one of the worst scandals in the annals of modern tourism’ – some chump in Koh Tao has again put of a tasteless picture on Facebook – confirming if nothing else – the growing divide been foreigners and Thais.

This is the second picture of a local posing with a hoe – used in the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Koh Tao in September.

‘Destination: Deadly Thailand’ written by author John Stapleton (not to be confused with an old friend the British television news and features presenter of the same name) is predicting a slump in tourism and describes how it has gone downhill “since the unsolved murders of two British backpackers in September and a military coup.”

"In 2014, just as in the years preceding it, there were train, bus, ferry, speedboat, motorbike and car accidents, murders, knifings, unexplained deaths, numerous suicides, diving accidents, robberies gone wrong, anonymous bodies washing up on the shores and a string of alcohol- and drug-related incidents."




 "Thailand has a (reference to monarchy redacted), weak democratic institutions, an economy slipping into recession, faces issues of corruption across many of its key services and is host to international crime syndicates, awash with despised foreigners and drifting perilously towards civil war."



He adds: "The international coverage of the recent brutal killing of two British backpackers on the island of Koh Tao has highlighted what many long-time observers of Thailand already knew, that its tourist industry is poorly managed and the Land of Smiles has come to justifiably be regarded as one of the most dangerous tourist destinations on Earth," he said.

Thailand is in fact the deadliest destination for Australians, or was last year according to its Department of Foreign Affairs. An Australian dies in Thailand every four days, according to spokesman Simon Merrifield.

He said motorbikes, power-ski accidents and alcohol-fuelled mishaps are the most common cause of serious injuries. Thailand’s full moon parties also often spark calls for help.

“Consular officers regularly assist young Australians who have been arrested, robbed, assaulted, sexually assaulted or injured during full moon parties,” Mr. Merrifield said. 
“Tragically, Australians have also died as a result of full moon party accidents.”

Disputes over power-ski hire, with claims of damage leading to demands for large amounts of compensation, are also common.

“We have had several reports of tourists being threatened with violence if the compensation is not paid. Some operators have also refused to return passports that tourists have left as a guarantee until such compensation is paid,” he said.

#JohnStapleton #HannahWitheridge #DavidMiller #TourismThailand #Deadlydestination




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EXCLUSIVE HSBC NOW LAUNDERING CASH FOR BANGKOK BASED ‘WOLVES OF WALL STREET’

November 16, 2014, 4:02 am
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BRITON SET UP FALSE COMPANIES AND ACCOUNTS AND WAS USED AS CASH COURIER

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which was made to pay a US$1.9 billion fine for laundering the money of Mexican drugs cartels is today named as a major bank involved in the laundering of massive boiler room fraud money in Asia.

In December 2011 the bank apologized and agreed to take on a ‘compliance officer’after the Mexican drug cartel debacle.

And last year it was fined again for transferring money on behalf of Hezbollah - a matter brought to to the attention of the US Treasury by the compliance officer himself - Everett Stern who commented: "They admit to financing terrorism and they get fined $32,000. Where if I were to do that, I would go to jail for life."

And now the banking giant, its claimed, has been the bank of choice for ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ share scammers – mainly Brits and Americans based out of Bangkok where hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in the sex trade.

Thai dancers at a boiler room run bar in Nana Plaza


Today the Fraud Recovery Group, comprising a group of some 90 victims who have defrauded by the scammers, operating, what are known as boiler rooms, named the banks used to launder money cheated out of unsuspecting clients in Britain, Europe and Australia.

And HSBC is shown to have provided banking facilities in at least seven accounts for seven different boiler room operations at branches in Hong Kong.

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"We accept responsibility for our past mistakes. We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again. The HSBC of today is a fundamentally different organization from the one that made those mistakes," - HSBC Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver - after the mexican drug cartel fiasco

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Also named are the Bank of East Asia, the Hang Seng Bank, Citybank, Cathay United Bank and China Trust Commercial Bank.

The Bank of East Asia, claims the FRG, providing four accounts for three boiler room operations at its branches in Jervis Road, Hong Kong.

The Hang Seng Bank provided three accounts for three different boiler rooms at is branch in Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong.

The China Commercial Trust provided seven accounts for two boiler room operations in its branches at its branches at OBU, the International Financial Centre, and at Finance Street,

Citibank (Hong Kong) provided one account for a boiler room operation at his branch in King’s Road, Quarry Bay.

And Cathay United Bank provided four accounts for one boiler room operation at its branch in Harbour Road, Wanchai.

A Fraud Recovery Group spokesman said:

 “Our due diligence has revealed that for this large-scale international boiler room scam (investment fraud) to have succeeded, which involved defrauding thousands of victims out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The fraudsters had to be assisted, knowingly or otherwise, by a number of internationally recognised banks, in what appears to be acts of gross negligence and/or in contravention of ‘International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation – the FATF’.
"There is little doubt that ‘business accounts’ were opened in these banks with the sole purpose of receiving and quickly transferring the substantial amounts of fraudulently obtained monies to other financial institutions. Despite the continuation of the inflow and outflow of vast amounts of ‘laundered’ money passing across these accounts, there is little evidence, if any, these banks ever questioned the origins of these funds or raised any ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ (SARS) with their respective financial regulators.
"We have received due diligence indicating that bank officials in one specific jurisdiction have been paid to open receiving transaction accounts on behalf of the fraud syndicate.'
BOILER ROOM BRITS: Centre in white David Strudwicke, BR facilitator with fellow British BR
operator Bill Haines - greyshirt - at Jameson's pub Pattaya. Haines introduced him to Grand Shaw
Holdings. Haines was earlier this year fined 5000 Thai baht for being caught in possession of cocaine.


Hundreds of millions of dollars of the swindled cash has been moved into Thailand where crime syndicates have laundered it into the country’s lucrative sex trade. The Hong Kong Banks are in the main 'skipping' banks and the money is transferred on before being transferred to Thai banks, or brought in - in cash - the preferred route.



The banks of Thai lawyers, police, and even politicians, have been used, said the FRG spokesman and an Army General and Immigration Police had assisted the operations.

The master lease of Nana Entertainment Plaza in Bangkok is now in the hands of  the same boiler room operators, through Thai nominees; as are sex venues in Soi Cowboy and the resort city of Pattaya, and Patong Beach, Phuket.  Many sports and themed bars in the Thai capital are also under boiler room control as well as the most popular night clubs.

Strudwicke -  and Thai wife Anne
Laundered money brought in in suitcases has also been used to buy up a range of villas in Pattaya, Koh Samui and Phuket.

The syndicate has named one Briton David Strudwicke, one Dutchman, Albert André Hoogeveen, and an American citizen Michael Le Port, as the people who signed for off-the-shelf-companies, based in Hong Kong, and the Philippines.

Briton Strudwicke, 38, from Sutton Coldfield, formerly worked as a barman in ‘Dublin Jack’s’ in Hong Kong before opening the Bears Den in Chiang Mai (now closed).
Boiler room boys have a handsome stake in
this club in Soi Cowboy, Bangkok
But the latter was only a cover. He used to work for a British boiler room operator in Bangkok, known as ‘The Animal’ and is now reported to be working for Canadian operators.

The FRG claim he also as instrumental in moving boiler room cash to a resort in Australia - Mollymook, NSW.

Among many companies he registered himself as a director of was Grand Shaw Holdings in Singapore and in the Philippines, with an account in Hong Kong,  a boiler room which was shut down by the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission, after a complaint from Singapore Police. The Philippines SEC found that the addresses of the directors were either fictitious or the directors were unknown at the addresses.

Strudwicke's signature on company registration


Boiler rooms work with impunity in Thailand and boast they have both the army and police under their control – because they share in the profits.

Thai Police say they cannot prosecute without the victims. Boiler rooms are frequently raided but these appear to be money gathering operations as none of the bosses have made it to the courts.

SOCA, now the National Crime Agency, have had details of British victims for several years.

Am HSBC spokesman said: ""We cannot comment on these allegations at this time.  We take such allegations seriously and will investigate them thoroughly. HSBC is committed to stopping money laundering and financial crime."

CHIANG MAI BRIT EARNED US$100,000 A MONTH

DRUGS, RAPE, LOADSAMONEY AND BANGKOK BOILER ROOMS

#DavidStrudwicke #GrandShawHoldingGroup #BillHaines #BoilerRooms #WolvesofBangkok
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THAI ELEPHANT TERROR RIDE

November 16, 2014, 12:28 pm
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ELEPHANT ON RAMPAGE WITH MUM AND 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

A woman tourist and her young daughter were taken on a terrifying three kilometer ride on the back of a raging elephant which first trampled its mahout to death, Thai television reported tonight.
Posing happily at the start of the ride - PICTURE ASTV

The woman and her eight year old daughter were on an elephant trek in Phangna, Southern Thailand when the elephant went berserk  killing 60-year-old mahout Sook Submark.

The 18-year-old bull elephant named 'Cat'  owned by  Puvara Tour elephant camp then charged off and was found thee kilometres away in a palm oil plantation with the mother and daughter still on its back.

Staff of the elephant camp shot the elephant with two tranquiliser darts with the Russians still ‘on board’ and a mahout managed to jump on to let them down to safety – said the ASTV report.

The body of the dead mahout was later recovered from a canal.

http://www.manager.co.th/Local/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9570000132128


Elephant 'Meaow' (CAT)  later being calmed down' 

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KOH TAO MURDERS - WILL THAI POLICE BE ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THEIR OWN TORTURES?

November 17, 2014, 12:47 pm
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO POLICE:
'ANSWER TORTURE CHARGES PLEASE'

One of many tasteless pictures appearing
on Thai Facebook pages
The two young Burmese men charged with the murder of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the Thai island of Koh Tao were hit, suffocated with plastic bags, and threatened they would be drowned if they did not confess – the Thai National Human Rights Commission said today.

And if Thai police, who ignored four summonses in a row to a hearing in Bangkok, continue refuse to answer the charges, that will remain the record, said Human Rights Commissioner Niran Pitakwatchara.

The Human Rights Commission would take charges against police, but they cannot because the Thai Military Junta has abolished the 2007 constitution, which gave the commission its powers of prosecution.

The matter has been referred to Thailand’s FBI – the Department of Special Investigations – but the DSI cannot accept new cases without a board meeting and if they cannot find a loophole in the law – the matter may have to be passed back to Thailand’s controversial police force to investigate themselves.

So far the prosecutor on the island of Koh Samui has sent back, what Thai police claimed was a ‘textbook case’ three times for revision.  The police have 84 days from date of first court appearance to bring the Burmese, Zaw Lin and Win Saw Htan, both 21, to trial.

The National Human Rights Commission says it has also come across a conspiracy of silence over the murders.

NHRC committee member Pornpen Khongkachonkie told the ‘Nation’ newspaper in Bangkok.

"We haven't been to Koh Tao. People who have been there tell us that in fact security cameras were widely available but after the crimes happened, no one knew where recordings from those cameras are. Those who agree to talk us don't dare to give much information. And they prefer to talk in a place outside Koh Tao," she said.

The NHRC actions are being made under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.
The allegations made that the two Burmese would be thrown into the sea is credible.
“It’s a common way of dealing with bodies in the southern islands,” said Dr. Niran.


Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, were brutally murdered on the island of Koh Tao in September. They had apparently been hacked to death with a garden hoe and other objects and David had also been drowned.

Police have arrested two Burmese for the offence but there is widespread disbelief in their investigation and a common view is they are covering up for local mafia.
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KOH TAO PROSECUTOR'S LESSON ON FAIRNESS

November 18, 2014, 6:59 am
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EVEN HANDED SAMUI STYLE

The public prosecutor in Koh Samui – the same man prosecuting the two Burmese for the murders of Hannah Witheridge – is a man of two minds – according to an answer he has supplied to the Thai National Human Rights Commission.

In the case of Jack Hansen-Bartel, who was brutally attacked in the Green Mango Club in Koh Samui last June, prosecutor Paiboon Achawananthakhun has also decided to prosecute Hansen-Bartel in the face of video footage which to all intents and purposes proves his innocence.

But the charge Jack faces is the assault of Raymond Chang and Ryan, without causing any serious harm at all either to the body or mentally and causing a disturbance in a public place.

Chang and Wang


So what did Hansen-Bartel, a graduate of the New International School of Bangkok assault the two graduate of the Shanghai American School with…a feather?

And why bother with this charge let alone fly police to Bangkok to interview him.  It’s not surprising the NHRC want to know. Here below is the prosecutor’s answer.

“As you filed to the Director General  in order to get a fair trial for the prosecution in Samui on Jack Hansen-Bartel, the son, after Raymond Tony Chang and his associate assaulted and caused severe injuries but was accused and filed by investigating officer that Jack assaulted Raymond Tony Chang and associate, the public prosecutor’s office of Koh Samui would like to inform the following case involved everyone using force to each other and both sides has filed complaints to each other and the investigator of Bo Phut has both of the files and has and separated into two file briefings.

From Phuket News
“The first briefing is from the son of the person who made this complaint, who is the victim. 
Later on the prosecutor has filed against Ryan Wang and R T Chang, the 1st and 2nd defendants.  The charges are assaulting until someone is severely injured and mentally harming them and being vociferous in a public place and disturbing the peace. 
Criminal case number  91/372/297 and criminal case 1546/2557 of Samui court. Details attached with the information that has been sent  pending appointment for the 6th of Jan at 9 am.  
The other part of the case where Jack Hansen-Bartel  who fell into being a suspect from getting accused of the assault of Ryan Chang and Raymond Wand, without causing any serious harm at all either to the body or mentally and  causing a disturbance in a public place. 
The investigator ( Danchai) sent the case to the Public Prosecutor in Samui on the 26th of August , but did not send in the suspect when they sent in the case and didn’t state that the suspect had escaped.  
So the public prosecutor’s office sent the file back to the police investigator in order to process it the right way, following the rule of the law. After that, the police inquiry official sent back the case again to the Public Prosecutor and has now agreed to file a charge against Jack Hansen-Bartel. The case is assault without seriously harming or mentally injuring anyone and disturbing the peace.  Criminal case number as above.  
To file the case following the law where you ask for fairness, the public prosecutor of Samui has taken into consideration.   
From the hearing of the “middle person” who does not profit from any side we have come to the conclusion that there was using of force in this case equally and towards each other.
The prosecutor has an opinion and orders to file against JACK Hansen Bartel, the suspect. The case is assaulting other people but not causing severe harm to the body or mentally and causing disturbance to the public.

Fairness – some mistake surely. No injury but equal force? Hansel was hospitalised and needing corrective surgery over 18 months.

Raymond Chang’s father of course is a millionaire executive currently attending the John J Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He was caught by Annie Hansen – Jack’s mother – coming out of the prosecutor’s office recently in Koh Samui.  His answer: “I am just being fair’.

It's alleged Wang and Chang attacked Hansen-Bartel in part police owned Green Mango Club after they caught him arm and arm with Tiffany Turner a former pupil of the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo. Tiffany was apparently Wang's holiday girlfriend. She will however not be giving evidence.

Seems police have problems with prosecuting people for murder attacks in Soi Green Mango but have no problem with a small assault.

From yesterday's Samui Times

Volker - pic-up pix Samui Times
Suspects in the murder of a 46 year old German man in Samui could walk free on Tuesday
KOH SAMUI: -- Today Monday 17.11.2014 sees the deadline for charges to be brought against the killers of Volker Schwartges, the 46 year old German man from Duesseldorf who was stabled to death in Chaweng.
The suspects have now been detained for 84 days, the maximum amount of time they are able to be detained without charges. If public prosecutor has not built up a case against the five juveniles they will walk free on Tuesday. A German news correspondent has confirmed information from the Samui Court that there has not yet been any movement in this case.
Three suspects between ages 15 and 17 were arrested after the incident in the Green Mango Soi in Chaweng. Acc Pol.Col. Satit said a search of the suspects’ residences turned up a knife that was reportedly used in the attack; previous police reports indicated that Mr. Volker was stabbed by shards of glass from a broken beer bottle.



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'I'm just a sweetie really' - The terror of Pattaya Police reforms

November 18, 2014, 1:44 pm
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REFORMED LESS AGGRESSIVE SHARKY BECOMES PATTAYA AGONY AUNT

In with the new reformed Tim 'Sharky' Ward
Today comes the not unexpected news that Tim ‘Sharky’ Ward – who has been besieging Pattaya Police station and accusing officers of attempting to fit him up with drugs  and stealing a fortune in gold from his apartment, has mellowed.....  Police and Sharky have kissed and made up as predicted.

 Seemingly as part of the brokered deal he is now working out of  Bobby’s Bar and Hotel in Thappraya Road, Jomtien, owned by a wealthy Thai businessman – and from my understanding police also have an interest there too.

On his Facebook page he announces:“Part of my new role as a reformed less aggressive Pattaya citizen will be helping out you guys who find yourselves in trouble while in Pattaya.  If you have any kind of drama while here in Pattaya, contact me here on Facebook. Or just call into Bobby's Bar and Hotel on Thappraya Road in Jomtien.. Have a beer and say hello.

But maybe one should not ask him for a loan. He has been advised to funnel his aggression elsewhere, otherwise he faced 'deportation or death, or both'.

This is what is known as a Thai deal. How exactly it is going to work out I cannot be sure. But Sharky’s expertise is in getting money back from borrowers,  and of course he used to run Shark Financial Services in Queensland, which the authorities closed down, perhaps because he is alleged to have ‘inflicted very substantial financial and psychological detriment on borrowers.”

It seems Sharky is very happy with the new arrangement - and Pattaya needs problem solvers with muscle. Watching this one with interest.

Below - Out with the old Sharky


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THE LM FIASCO - ASIC BEARS ITS GUMS

November 19, 2014, 11:37 pm
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN FUND MANAGEMENT.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has at last started to take proceedings against LM Investment Management which has taken down hundreds of millions in people’s pensions.

But the victims are not exactly going to be thrilled with the news. 

What many see are out and out criminal offences ASIC sees as civil matters – and ASIC are prosecuting under dereliction of duty laws – the maximum fine of which is AUS$200,000 (£109.697).  

Most individuals lost a lot more than that.

Here follows the report from International Financial Adviser.


Francene Mulder - left


ASIC has started commenced legal action against LM Investment Management, seeking financial penalties and banning orders against the collapsed fund manager.

The corporate regulator announced it had brought civil proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against LM Investment Management founder Peter Charles Drake and former directors Francene Maree Mulder, Eghard van der Hoven, Simon Jeremy Tickner, and Lisa Maree Darcy.





van der Hoven
In a statement, ASIC alleged Mr. Drake “used his position to gain an advantage for himself and the former directors breached their director’s duties for failing to act with the proper degree of care and diligence regarding transactions involving the LM Managed Performance Fund (MPF).”

Specifically, ASIC stated the action concerns a series of loans made to Maddison Estate Pty Ltd – which Mr. Drake owned – to develop a Gold Coast property development in 2011 and 2012.

The maximum fine for a director breaching their duties is $200,000 for each contravention, ASIC stated.


As well as fines, ASIC is also seeking to disqualify Mr. Drake and the former directors from managing companies and providing financial services, according to the statement.


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IS THAI TOURIST AUTHORITY RUNNING ' I HATE THAILAND' VIDEO UP THE FLAGPOLE?

November 21, 2014, 3:33 pm
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"O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!" - Rabbie Burns

The video short ‘I hate Thailand’ commissioned by the Tourist Authority of Thailand to counter the recent negative publicity the country has been receiving, has also garnered a lot of attention over the last few days both critical and supportive.


 The video is narrated by a young British expat called Oliver Smith, who plays a young expat called James, who has been here for two years.

I’m guessing he’s now a long stayer.
The Coconuts online website tracked him down and he is reported as saying:
“Sure it's scripted, but it is unlikely that one could film all their misfortunes themselves. I personally have had experiences similar to that of 'James' and felt that the movie, although a little cheesy, was a nice 'feel good' film.” 

I have no argument with that. The film made me chuckle.  James' story is that he came on holiday and hated Thailand after someone stole his bag seemingly at some Full Moon Party with all his money passports etc.  "How can I trust Thai people?" James asks himself.

James as 'angry foreigner' ranting off at police. 'No I won't calm down!'
He shows his ‘foreign’ attitude by getting angry with a policeman who is not helping (a racing certainty) and throws a stone at an island pick-up bus which nearly runs him off the road, while the driver casually drives on (certainly no racing certainty here. The word machete springs to mind).

James throws stone at car . Driver ignores. If this really happened in Thailand James could be facing the sharp end of a machete.


But James is then accosted by a ‘lovely dark skinned Thai girl with bleached hair (not white from Thai Chinese family who would not dream of accosting a stranger let alone a foreigner) who stops her motorcycle buys him a drink finds him a charger for his iPhone4 and helps him look for his bag.

That's service.

I am only surprised she has not manicured his finger nails.




Miraculously she manages to get twenty local people with torches to scour the beach at night (and this is local logic at work here), and he is then offered free accommodation (but not by the girl of course) who has found a better alternative to rice farming).

Once there he look like he has never been beaten by a mosquito before and his handed the Thai invention the tennis racket electric mossie whacker and he look like he has been given his first set of beads.



In the morning being an oafish foreigner he tries to climb into a water jar to have a shower and then drops his towel in front of the girl. Well that’s fine for the farce and a  few laughs as she shrieks and retreats, but it’s a generous version of how foreigners are portrayed generally on television in Thailand.

James comes out with the line: “I once said 'I hated Thailand' because that was when I did not know Thailand well enough.”



And then he finally he gets his bag back. It was not stolen at all. It was taken by MONKEYS.. and honest ones at that.

They have had it a night, a day and a night. They have not gone straight to an ATM machine with his bank cards. They haven't even opened it. With one pull of the zip all the contents are intact inside, including his passport, wallet, and phone charger.

Again this can be very true in Thailand (not the monkey bit, no, getting his belongings back!) but when it happens, such as in the case of a taxi driver returning a wallet found on the back seat of his car,  it's a major news event. (Google Thailand taxi driver returns cash).

'After you sir" - 'No, no, after you?'


One line I did not get was when James stared lovingly at his British passport as he contemplates his adventure. (Prop: supplied by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office).
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Actually like many people this is very much a summary of the first experiences of Thailand I once had, though on not such a grandiose scale.  If this video were true, we’d all throw our wallets away on the first day.

But I had an ugly first experience too. Like being in a hired Jeep which rolled when the brakes failed and being held to ransom with a film crew by Koh Samui police and a local businessman.

The comments all over the net indicate that while Thais love this video - even David from CSI LA - and so do many foreigners, the foreigners who do not, who seem to be in a majority, have probably all had bad experiences.

One went so far as to tell me this morning: "I started watching, but I switched off. I was going to wretch."

I suspect one could also make another film with Oliver Smith in a few years’ time with a more grizzled James coming out with the tag line: “I once said I loved Thailand – but that was before I got to know it well enough.”

But he may be at RADA already. He should not hang around too long but rather go home and get a decent job rather than making bucks on this sort of stuff.


I have covered enough murders here of a horrific nature to have, I hope,  a more rounded picture. I have seen the police in action, and can confirm that all those statues outside police stations give a somewhat romantic view of what the main occupation of the Thai police is.

And as for having your bag stolen by a monkey at a Full Moon Party I almost fell out of my rocking chair seeing that scenario.

If I did lose my bag and was offered it back a day later I would want to make sure there were witnesses present and it was searched for drugs before I even admitted it was mine!

Drugs arrests at Full Moon parties are a source of police income which we rarely see reported in the Thai press.

In brief: Yes it’s a great country. People will be absolutely charming. But enjoy and be careful. Unlike James, who lost only his bag, people can lose their minds and their lives. Don't be stupid. There are people waiting for you to be.

The film is on YouTube and it looks like it was put there to run it up the flagpole and see what reaction it would get. It may not be a good idea to exhibit in the UK at the moment.



One only has to look at the reviews on tripadvisor for the AC Resort in Koh Tao, which has been featuring heavily in reports on the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller to see there are other views.

And finally - as the video (filmed on Koh Samed) was based on a foreigner enjoying 'island life' in Thailand here is a timely reminder of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Travel Advisory on Crime in Thailand.


Western tourists including British nationals have been victims of vicious, unprovoked attacks by individuals and gangs in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao (the Samui archipelago). In January 2013 a British national was killed in a shooting incident while at a beach party in Haad Rin on Koh Phanang and in September 2014, 2 British nationals were killed in Tao. 

Violent sexual assaults and robberies against both men and women are reported regularly in the Koh Samui archipelago and Krabi province. These are particularly common during the monthly Full Moon parties and generally occur late at night near bars. 

Tourists have also been robbed after bringing visitors to their hotel rooms. In some cases their drinks were drugged. Be careful about taking drinks from strangers and at clubs and parties, particularly in Koh Samui, Pattaya and at the Full Moon party on Koh Phangan, where date rapes have been reported.
Attacks have also occurred in other tourist districts in Thailand including Chiang Mai, Pattaya and Krabi. In light of the risk of unprovoked attacks you should be cautious and take care, especially at night. 

Alcohol and drugs can lead to you being less alert, less in control and less aware of your environment resulting in accidents, injuries, robbery, assaults and lost travel documents. If you drink, know your limit. Drinks served in bars overseas are often stronger than those in the UK. Some British nationals in Thailand have suffered severe psychiatric problems because of drug use, resulting in some suicides. 

Be aware of the possibility of credit card fraud. Don’t lose sight of your card during transactions. There have been incidents of ATM skimming in Thailand. Where possible use an ATM within a bank and always protect your PIN. 

Be careful to observe demarcation lines between shops and stalls, particularly in market areas and at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Taking items from one shop’s area to another may be treated as suspected theft. 

Be on your guard against pickpockets and bag snatchers. Foreigners have had items snatched by thieves on motorbikes when walking along busy streets or travelling in open transport like tuk tuks. If you travel by bus, make sure cash and valuables you have are kept securely. There have been incidents where passengers have had items taken from bags while asleep. 

Gem scams are common. There have been reports of visitors buying gems for inflated prices from seemingly respectable establishments then later finding out the stones are worth a tiny fraction of the purchase price. 

You should report any incidents of crime to the Thai police before leaving the country.

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A BAD WEEK FOR THAI POLICE

November 23, 2014, 8:56 pm
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Verapat Sounds Off




AS THAI POLICE APPEAR TO PROTECT CRIMINALS AND PROSECUTE THE INNOCENT


This week was again not a good week for the Thai Police and the country’s justice system with several people sounding off both at home and abroad.

Carpenter
In Phuket British Consul Martin Carpenter, now ignoring the official channels of meetings with the local governor, has given cause to discredit the belief that the army has stepped in to end scams against tourists.

This was a week in which the local Phuketwan reports an Australian tourist paid 600 baht plus service plus VAT for hiring two sun loungers while one resort is reported to charge 1,200 for just one.

Carpenter talking about Thailand’s infamous jet ski scams at an American Chamber of Commerce forum at the Outrigger Laguna Phuket said:

“There is no current evidence that anybody in the government sector here really is taking this issue as seriously as many people want them to take it.” 
“He said that he had sat in meetings between honorary consuls and provincial governors for six years and the problems of jet-ski rip-offs, extortion and dangerous behaviour had been discussed many times, but that nothing significant had been done. 
“I do hope that somebody makes notes, and I’m quite happy for you to write what I’m saying now.”

Meanwhile in Phuket at the Asean Beach Games there have been widespread reports of continuing rip-offs by Phuket’s taxi drivers who think they have struck gold.

Meanwhile Patong Beach looks like a natural beach again without the deck chairs.

Sharky
Back in Pattaya Tim ‘Sharky’ Ward, who has made a pragmatic peace pact with the police for his own safety after accusing them of stealing his gold and trying to fit him up with drugs charges, also made it clear that his views had little changed.


“I was in the police station recently when I met a Chinese family who were being forced to pay 60,000 Thai baht (£1,200) for jet-ski damage. 
"The mother spoke perfect English. She said she was never coming back to Thailand again and would publicise as much as she could why. But the police did not care. All they cared about with was the cash.”  


 So much for scams.


Then we had Thailand’s ‘I hate Thailand’ video, which is about a young Brit, who says he hates Thailand after his bag was stolen at a Full Moon party, but suddenly has a conversion as police and seemingly scores of Thais come to his aid.


The video went viral – to widespread condemnation from the foreign community.

And today in the Guardian newspaper in Britain Verapat Pariyawong  former special counsel to a former deputy prime minister* slags off not only the military junta but also Thailand’s legal system.

After commenting on the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in Koh Tao  he said:

“What has happened in the case of Witheridge and Miller is not exclusive to foreigners. Thais struggle every day to find access to justice and their plight gets little publicity. The recent military coup and the imposition of martial law, however, has heightened concern over the Thai experience of military jurisdiction….. 
“Thailand has entered dangerous waters not merely because of its failure to prevent murder, but by its apparent disregard of fundamental rights, especially around access to justice. 
“Tourists from Britain and around the world count on our justice system to be fair and transparent. Now, we Thais must count on the international community to demand the return of Thai democracy and to restore the rule of law. That must include reforming the Thai justice system and systematically rooting out the injustices it has been used to perpetuate.”
Injustices? Can anyone think of any examples? Well here are two topical ones. The first I have already covered.


Down on Koh Samui Annie Hansen will bring her son to court tomorrow to face a charge of assault not occasioning any actual bodily harm. Her son Jack Hansen-Bartel requires nearly two years of corrective surgery and two Chinese Americans have been charged with the attack on him.

The prosecution against Hansen-Bartel came after the arrival on Koh Samui of Raymond Nobu Chang the millionaire father of one of the two Chinese Americans, and six weeks after the two Chinese Americans were charged.

This sort of charge does not normally get near a court. At best it’s a 1000 baht fine in a police station, or whatever police think they can charge.  Raymond Nobu Chang is attending the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

And from Pattaya, a city, where police taking up the cases of foreigners who have been cheated is virtually unknown, comes this.

Police Colonel Chalermkiat of Dongtan Police station, which has as many colonels as rooms,  has taken a case up on behalf of phony lawyer Brian Goudie, aka, Goldie, former convict E0000247 in Hakea Prison, West Australia, against his former girlfriend Nang, whom he made managing director of Jimmy International, the company he stole from Ulster drugs runner Jimmy ‘Doc’ Halliday on his death bed.

It would appear Dongtan Police station prefers to take the side of criminals - I played them the documentary ‘Brian Goldie -Scot Swindler’ - and they seemed impressed with his technique.

He is accusing Nang of theft from the premises of the Jaggie Thistle.

This is interesting. As Nang was MD how can she steal from the company. Well the major shareholder is suing. That is Brian Goudie through the company Ramidin Holdings, and his Thai female sidekick.  There's nothing legit about Ramadin Holdings, or Jimmy International for that matter - but as its Thai police - who cares?

Pattaya Police have failed to move on a complaint from the Technical Crime Suppression Division to investigate how pornographic pictures and video from his smart phone, is now appearing all over internet sex sites.  (Such a charmer)


They also failed to move on two other cases, that of swindling clients of his phony Alba Laws legal company; and switching directorships to make Nang take the fall for running Jimmy International’s ‘Jaggy Thistle’ pub.


Meanwhile in Bangkok 12 policeman including the Commissioner of the CIB Police Lt.General Pongpat Chaiyaphan and his deputy Police Major General  Kowit Wongrungroj and members of the Economic Crime Division are under arrest for various offences and a senior former CSD officer Colonel Akarawut Limrat has literally gone up in smoke.

He died and was cremated within a matter of days and nobody knows how and why.

Meanwhile this reporter anxiously awaits his own prosecution by Brian Goudie for publishing pictures, among others, of Brian Goudie/Goldie as a barrister (above) and officer in the Royal Marines, which this former grunt has claimed to be.

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Brian Goudie is now back up on his Facebook page, Brian Boru, with his latest love in Hua Hin.

*It is accepted here that Veerapat was also making political points. His government was not exactly clean.

UPDATE: 24/11/14

Its now being reported that 'billions of baht' in cash dollars and gold has been found at the home of Lt.Colonel Pongpat - and that Colonel Akarawut died of spinal injuries. He took his own life, it is alleged, after assisting police with enquiries. He had been transferred from a good position.

PICK OF THE DAY: From today's Observer. 'Foreign Office Condemned for Failing Britons in Need Of Help'.


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FOREIGN OFFICE FAILED TO GIVE PROPER SUPPORT TO BRITS IN TROUBLE - REPORT

November 23, 2014, 7:55 pm
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Britain’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office has been condemned by MPs for failing to offer acceptable levels of help to Britons in trouble abroad, according to a report in today’s Observer.

The Foreign Office which has had its budget substantially slashed has even failed to help those alleging torture in jails overseas – says the all-party Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

This may not be news to many in Thailand but interestingly the all-party committee took evidence from Ambassadors and others who said this cost costing and reliance on internet based services risked dehumanizing support systems in which personal contact should be made.

The foreign office staffers overseas probably agree. Under new cost cutting there are rules and procedures physically stopping Embassy staff in going the extra yard.

This rebounds on the families of Britons who have died or even been murdered abroad.

The committee received “substantial anecdotal evidence” to indicate that FCO services to bereaved families were “inconsistent and have at times fallen well below the expected standards of the FCO, with repeated failures of communication and compassion”.





Ashton
Thailand was singled out by mention of the case of Stephen Ashton, 22, who was caught in the cross-fire as two gangs shot at each other at the beginning of a Full Moon Party in Koh Phangan nearly two years ago. Stephen's mother Diane reported:


“I recall at the time that I was in disbelief and found it quite incredible that we had received more formal correspondence from the Met police regarding my daughter’s mobile phone that had been stolen just before Christmas than we had received from any public body about the death of Stephen.”

But perhaps more serious are allegations that consular officials failed to react to protect Britons who were the subject of torture.

 “We are deeply concerned about the allegations we have received that the FCO has in some instances not responded adequately to protect and support those who said that they had been the victim of torture or ill-treatment. 
“Any failure to support vulnerable nationals in such circumstances is deplorable."

The Observer’s report is here

The official FCO reply is:

“The committee’s report recognises the high level of consular support staff provide to thousands of British nationals in distress overseas every year and the improvements we have already made. This is a priority for the Foreign Office.  
“We have worked hard to improve our service and will continue to do so. This report will play an important role in this. We will consider the recommendations carefully and respond fully in due course. 
“Some of the issues that the committee has identified, including our response to tragic murders abroad, are areas that we are already working to improve and we will consider the points that they have made.”
This has also been picked up by the family of Adam Pickles, the English international school teacher who has been in a coma since being attacked in Pattaya in a 'road rage' incident. His alleged attacker Sean Tinsley was acquitted.
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SPECTRE! CRIME SWEEP IN BANGKOK NETS TOP RANKING POLICE

November 24, 2014, 8:14 am
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The nerve centre of the Royal Thai Police was operated as some sort of Crime Incorporated according to reports today, as some of its most powerful officers were brought before the Bangkok criminal court on corruption charges.

The former chief of the country’s Central Investigation Bureau Police Lieutenant General Pongpat Chayapan headed a list of alleged rogue police officers with nationwide powers who had amassed millions of dollars for allegedly giving a free reign to crime syndicates for cash.

The money is believed to have come principally from, oil smuggling, drugs syndicates, illegal gambling operations, but foreign run illegal share trading houses, known as boiler rooms or Wolves of Wall Street, and even forest encroachment and the illegal wild-life trade are also under scrutiny.

Pongpat

Others arrested were CIB deputy chief Kowit Wongrungroj, Marine Police chief Boonsueb Praitheuan and Wuthichart Luansukhan of the Consumer Protection Police Division, Immigration Police Colonel Kowit Muangnua and lower ranking police named as Surasak Channgao, Chatrin Laothong.  Surasak is described as General Chayapan’s driver.

The senior officers had the power to allow couriers and foreign criminals the power to travel freely in and out of Thailand carrying large amounts of ‘black money’.

And Lieutenant General Pongpat Chayapan was in many ways the international face of the Thai Police attending international police conferences and addressing the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Their involvement in crime is so deep , it is alleged, that they have been referred to jokingly by a wag in foreign media circles as ‘SPECTRE’ - Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion – the fictional terrorist organization featured in Ian Fleming’s ‘James Bond’ novels.

In a raid on General Chayapan's house police found millions in dollars and Thai baht, stacks of land title deeds, and a vast array of priceless Buddha images.

A policeman, Pol Colonel Akkharawut Limrat, who had been cooperative and who gave useful information had subsequently committed suicide, according to Thai Police spokesman Lt-General Prawut Thawornsiri

“A certificate issued on Friday said he suffered a broken spine at chest level, which was caused by a fall.

“Akkharawut, transferred from a top position along with Pongpat, had attempted suicide on three occasions after his transfer,” he said.

Police Colonel Akkharawut had held a key position within the country’s Crime Suppression Division and his death suggests that either investigating officers were careless with their witness, or even worse. His body had been cremated within 14 hours.

The Crime Suppression has been responsible for clearing up Bangkok based boiler rooms – who operate sophisticated scams posing as international stockbrokers - which have been netting hundreds of millions of dollars.

But although there have been many showcase raids, none of the bosses have been arrested, and they usually re-open within days.

The ‘Wolves of Bangkok’, who are of British and American nationality, are connected to 120 companies, formed with Thai nominees, which have taken over a large slice of the country’s night entertainment and sex industry. But in the last few months they have been putting the businesses up for sale.

Those police arrested so far have been charged with malfeasance in public office, accepting bribes, and two civilians on the run have been charged with forest encroachment and destruction and violating the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Act.

The order to make a move on the high ranking police officers is believed to have come from the Royal Palace.

The Thai Police do not have a monopoly on corruption. Army Generals have also been accused of running their own rackets – and the officers who have now been removed will be replaced army approved candidates.

But the move is being widely seen as part of Thailand’s Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha’s ongoing clean-up of corruption.

A spokesman for the Fraud Recovery Group representing victims of boiler room scams said that a name on the list of those arrested 'indicated' boiler room cash was involved.



Central Investigation Bureau

The Central Investigation Bureau has authority over the following departments: Special Branch, The Crime Suppression Division, Licenses division registered and licensed firearms, gambling units and other establishments,The Criminal records office, Office of Immigration Bureau,Narcotics Suppression Bureau, Office of Logistics, Office of Royal Court Security Police,Provincial police division,Tourist police,Immigration police division, Marine Police division,Metropolitan police division, Railway Police, Highway Police.

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Fraudster ran CSD scam website

An American businessman Drew Walter Noyes set up dot come websites called 'askthailandpolice' and 'askcsd' inviting foreigners to report crimes direct to the site claiming the backing of the Crime Suppression Division.

They were however removed this year prior to his conviction for extortion in Pattaya and and 2 year jail sentence which he is appealing. 





Reporting crime - sometimes a hazardous business

Francisco Giannini


In July this year an American citizen Philip Justin Bean reported to the Crime Suppression the whereabouts of a 'boiler room' in the Lat Krabang area of Bangkok. He received a hostile reception.
The premises were raided and two people were arrested Francoise Gianini, 50, a Canadian, and Shaheed O'Connor, who had an Irish passport. They were charged with possessing ice and heroin.

Giannini was arrested in 2010 after he drove his pick-up into a local bus at the Dolphin Roundabout in north Pattaya on Thailand's eastern seaboard killing the driver and a woman passenger and injuring several others.  Police at the time said they found paraphernalia for smoking ‘ice’ – and that he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. He never went to court.

After the CSD raid although computers and hard discs were impounded no action was taken against Gianini's boiler room operation.

On his departure from Thailand Philip Bean has turned back by Immigration and he claimed he was shaken down for cash. 




"They took me to a room and said I looked high and nervous and asked what I was smuggling out of Thailand and that they were going to test my blood and if it was positive then that would be same charge as smuggling.  
“I said no I wouldn’t take any test until I talked to a US Embassy rep, then they backed off the test thing but turned my bags inside out and my blue Nike bag went missing mysteriously then they charged me 1,500 baht for what they called a Customs search. 
“I asked why, since nothing was found. The officer replied. 'Its a fine for wasting our time'.
"When everything was done they stamped my passport and as I made my way to the boarding lounge an officer who was not involved said:‘Thailand not good place for you maybe you shouldn’t come again. You seem like nice guy.”  


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THREE PATTAYA FOREIGNERS TO ANSWER INTERNET WARRIOR DAMAGES SUIT

November 24, 2014, 4:29 pm
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Hanks, Noyes and Goudie, photoshopped as the 'Three Stooges'
Drew Walter Noyes – an American in Pattaya, who is appealing a two year jail sentence for extortion, together with David Hanks, another Pattaya resident and former brothel owner in Melbourne were today given until December 9th to answer civil libel charges brought by a supervisor working on an oil rig off Vietnam.

The court set a date for December 22nd for Noyes to answer allegations that Alastair Cooper, from Yorkshire was a drugs dealer and other false claims on his Facebook page. Hanks, who was arrested in a Department of Special Investigation last year and accused of money lending to Russians at 60 per cent per month, will also have to reply in a written submission.

Threats on Hilary Clinton

The court will also hear explanations as to why David Hanks, 66, from Girvan, Scotland and Brian Goldie, from Falkirk, also invented a spurious story alleging that Cooper was wanted by the American Secret Service for an alleged threat to Hilary Clinton, wife of former US President Bill Clinton.  Mr. Cooper is suing them for five million baht in damages.

Cheated 76-year-old out of 7.9 million baht - claim

Goudie, under the name Goldie, was jailed for six years in Australia for theft. He had successfully managed to set up a law firm in Thailand falsely claiming to be a British barrister. He is currently on trial and 400,000 baht bail in Pattaya for posing as a barrister to cheat an American woman, 76, Barbara Fanelli Miller out of 7.9 million baht.  Similar charges have been posted in Koh Samui.

Both Noyes, 58, and Goudie, 48, who have both falsely claimed to have been lawyers, have a reputation of ‘shopping’ their enemies to authorities with false accusations. But the claims that Cooper was a threat to Hilary Clinton are bizarre.

They made the allegations after they became aware that Ally Cooper was a supporter of this site.

On his casewatchasia.blogspot.com  Goudie claimed  David Hanks, former owner of Masquerades Brothel in Keysborough, Victoria, had contacted his son-in-law Police Officer Trumbower of Florida State University Police in Tallahassee, Florida, who is apparently a friend of President Clinton.  He has claimed Ally Cooper has made an threat against the life of Hilary.


The story was accompanied a picture of Jason Trumbower with President Clinton.

Jason Trumbower, according to Hanks, had put the US Marshalls and Secret Service on alert.
David Hanks, Brian Goudie, and Drew Noyes, have worked together to file a number of spurious cases against journalist Andrew Drummond (owner of this site) all bar one have been defeated and that is being appealed.

Said Cooper: "I am taking civil action against these two convicts and one pimp because the Thai police seem unable to."

'His porno pictures of girlfriend went up on the net'

Goudie aka Goldie
Cooper is also supporting a former girlfriend of Brian Goudie from Falkirk, Scotland,, who after breaking up with him found that pornograhic video of intimate moments with him were put up on the internet and massively copied by aggregators.

The Technical Crime Suppression Police sent a report to Pattaya for police to act on. But no action has been taken.

Goudie is also accused of switching directorships of a company he owned so his girlfriend would take the rap for running an unlicensed bar.

He later put a story up on the net that his girlfriend, whom he described as a prostitute, was convicted of offering sexual service from the bar.

GUNS AND ROSES
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DELEGATION ASKS THAI POLICE ABOUT 'REVENGE PORN MAN' AND PALS

November 25, 2014, 4:41 pm
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'The international community is watching the activities of these people in disbelief"

Police in Thailand were today asked again to take a closer look at the activities of fake barrister Brian Goudie, who opened a legal firm in Thailand called Alba Laws after being sentenced to six years in Australia for theft.

Goudie  right. Not one of the images
A delegation comprising two Thai nationals and British journalist Andrew Drummond asked Chonburi Region 2 that closer attention be given to three cases being brought against Mr. Goudie, 48, from Falkirk, Scotland, which had been left on file for months after being handed over by the Crime Suppression Division, and Technical Crime Suppression, and reported by the Pattaya prosecutor.

The file sent to Pattaya by the Technical CSD asks Pattaya police to investigate a case of alleged ‘Revenge Porn’.

Smart phone Porn

This relates to video and stills, which the victim, Goudie’s former girlfriend nicknamed Nang, claims was taken by Goudie on his smart phone and subsequently circulated widely on the internet.

The girlfriend's real name was published along with what sexual activities the poster said she liked.

The only feature of Goudie is his member, hand and his shirt.

Goudie has admitted on the internet being the owner of the film but claims it was taken from either his 'Dropbox' or a computer he had downloaded to,  which he claims was stolen by his former girlfriend.

The file sent by the CSD accuses Goudie of embezzling a cash award awarded by Pattaya Court to three foreigners.  Lawyers for Goudie impatient at police lack of action have since taken private criminal proceedings.

A third case alleges that Goudie set up his girlfriend Nang to take the rap for running the former ‘Jaggie Thistle’ pub in Pattaya without a drinks licence.

     Directors switched

She was subsequently fined and acquired a criminal record.

But at the time of the raid the managing director was Goudie himself –  He switched directors two days afterwards at the Department of Business Development and before charges were formally brought.

Goudie later wrote on his blog ‘CasewatchAsia.blogspot’ that Nang was convicted of illegally providing sexual services at the pub. He did not say the pub was his.

Drummond also queried why a Pattaya policeman appeared to be supporting Mr. Goudie. Goudie is trying to bring Nang to court for theft from Jimmi International.  She remains Managing Director of Jimmy International, which owns the Jaggie Thistle, by court order.

Jaggie Thistle
“Goudie is known internationally. There has been a documentary about his activities. Many foreigners are surprised that Thai police have done nothing about him.

They could easily come to the conclusion, perhaps unfairly, that he is in league with police,” said Drummond, who added that he had repeatedly informed police already.

Goudie is currently on 400,000 baht bail on charges of posing as a barrister to defraud Mrs. Barbara Fanelli Miller, 76, of Madison , Wisconsin, out of 7.9 million baht.

Goudie, said Drummond, had boasted on the internet that police had decided to take no action against him.

Goudie had allied himself with an American, Drew Noyes, who also falsely claimed to be a lawyer, and who was now appealing against a two year jail sentence, and a Scot, David Hanks, a former brothel owner who had been arrested in connection with racketeering.

The international community was watching their activities in utter disbelief, he added.

On CasewatchAsia Goudie quotes himself as saying:

“In relation to the posting of photos on the net,  I will say what I have to say in Court - police have however told my lawyers there is no evidence whatsoever that I had any involvement, and accordingly I intend to prosecute”.

And in the case of a prosecution of Nang (he has written several stories about her) he says: “The shareholders have no wish to see (name redacted) prosecuted, but she has left us no choice.”

Russian Mafia


 David John Hanks, former owner of Masquerades Brothel in Keyborough, Victoria, Australia. 

Hanks was arrested in a high profile raid by the DSI against Russian racketeers lending money to fellow Russians in Pattaya at 60 per cent per month.

Hanks was arrested as the man who supplied the cash.

The DSI had handed the case over to Pattaya Police to prosecute.

Chonburi Police have requested more details.







REVENGE PORN:(wiki)

Revenge porn is sexually explicit media that is publicly shared online without the consent of the pictured individual. 

Revenge porn may be uploaded by ex-partners to shame or embarrass the pictured individual, or by hackers.

An sms from Goudie
Many of the images are pictures taken by the pictured persons themselves, or selfies, with victims mostly being women. 

The uploaded formerly-private explicit images are often accompanied by personal information, including the pictured individual's full name, links to Facebook and social media profiles or addresses. 

Nations which have passed laws against revenge porn include Israel, Germany, and twelve states within the United States.

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Justice in Thailand is how much money can we get’ – Tim ‘Sharky’ Ward

November 26, 2014, 5:05 pm
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SHARKY'SPEACE PACT WITH POLICE SOUNDS SHAKY

A short film showing Tim ‘Sharky’ Ward’s battle with police in Pattaya has been put up on the net by Australian based ‘Sneaky TV’.

The quote above is an abbreviated quote from an interview which forms a basis for the film.

The film pulls no punches, unlike Sharky, who makes a number of air punches in front of police and journalists
Ward, originally from New Zealand, but who made his name in nightclubs and running a money lending business on Queensland’s Cold Coast has now come to an arrangement with local police after he accused them of trying to set him up on drugs charges and taking gold from his apartment.


However on the film he states that if you make a pact with the police you make a pact with the devil. He claimed people arrested in Pattaya were encouraged to commit more crimes to pay themselves off.

So while he may have changed his attitude, he does not appear to have changed his views. The recent arrests in Bangkok have caused him great excitement on his Facebook page which he claims gets 100,000 hits daily.

"People want to see if I have been killed yet."

He certainly appeared to clear the decks at Pattaya police station whenever he turned up.

No need to comment further on this video. It also shows his confrontation with the Pattaya rat pack - the journalists who follow police calls.


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CASE CLOSED ON BRIT WHO DIED ALLEGEDLY WHILE BEING 'SHAKEN DOWN' BY POLICE ‘GANGSTERS’.

November 27, 2014, 7:12 am
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PROMISING YOUNG BRIT, 24, 'TOOK HIS OWN LIFE' ON SECOND DAY OF HOLIDAY IN THAILAND.


USED GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO ANSWER POLICE QUESTIONS.

Khao Sarn Road Police 'wanted 400,000 Thai baht' - claim

Thai police yesterday declined to be questioned on the death of a young Briton while in their custody in Bangkok on the second day of his holiday last year.

They also declined access to the cell where it happened on the basis that the case was closed.

The case officer at Chanasongkram Police station in Bangkok’s Khao Sarn Road said the matter would be reviewed if the family or its representatives produced legal documents requesting access.

A judicial enquiry ruled in Thailand that 24-year-old Liam Whitaker from Helston, Cornwall took his own life by hanging himself with a belt after being arrested for possessing 0.55 grams of ‘ice’ on October 15 last year.

But an inquest in Truro refused to rule that he took his own life after the Coroner found several gaps in the evidence. Coroner for Cornwall, Emma Carlyon recorded an open verdict as she was not satisfied there was ‘legal level of proof that he killed himself’

The Thai judicial enquiry was held contrary to Section 150 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Thailand because the family were not informed.

Coroner Dr Emmay Carlyon (West Briton)


A Thai lawyer Ruangrudee Kamhaeng appointed to the court to represent the family did ask whether the belt had been fingerprinted or undergone forensic examination. The answer was no.

According to a friend who was on holiday with Liam he was being shaken down by Thai police for 400,000 Thai baht 'bail'.*

James Meredrew told the inquest in August that he and Liam and two friends had arrived in Thailand on October 14 and had undertaken a day of sightseeing before going to a bar with his three friends.
Afterwards, he said,  he and Liam, an occasional user of ‘recreational drugs’ , flagged down a Tuk-tuk and Liam asked the driver where he could buy some cocaine.

Mr. Meredew said: “Liam made some sort of deal with the driver and walked down an alley out of my sight.”

They got back into the tuk tuk and minutes later after getting out they were stopped by police. Liam was searched and the ‘yaa baa’ was found in his back pocket.

The men were taken to Chanasongkram police station where Liam was put in a police cell and James told the court he was led out and asked to take money out of a cash machine.




He said: “All I could make out was that they wanted 400,000 baht which is £8,000.
“I went out with an official looking man to a cash machine. I took out £100 but couldn’t take out any more.

“I was shocked and in complete disbelief,” said James Meredrew who also said police charged him 1000 baht for losing a police officer’s pen.

“It seemed like we were talking to gangsters and the Thai police seemed to be corrupt. But I thought it would be all sorted out in the morning.”

He said because they could not speak Thai and police could barely speak English they had to use 'Google Translate' to converse with police.

Liam was arrested at 3.30 am on October 15th last year.  By 4.30 am he was dead.  His body was found in a toilet in a detention cell. Thai police say he hung himself with his trouser belt which was around his neck. It had broken and he had fallen down afterwards.

While a British forensic pathologist Dr. Amanda Jeffery agreed there were no unequivocal findings  to indicate  the involvement of another  person  in his death she was concerned at discrepancies in Thai police evidence and lack of photographic evidence of the scene of the death.

“I understand  that there was a flat toilet in the floor within that cell rather than there being a distinctly separate bathroom area.  I am also led to believe that the ceiling of the detention area had a number of bars which it has been suggested  might have been the suspension  point."

But without more evidence she said it was impossible to say whether Lian hanged himself or not.

There appeared to be no furniture and nothing to stand on in the cell for Liam to raise himself up off the ground. The height of the ceiling was over 3 metres.

But a British post mortem revealed that not only did Liam have drugs in his system. He had a cocktail of alcohol Methamphetamine, Ketamine, and Diazepam.

The family however do believe that Liam was ‘scammed’ and may have been set up by the tuk tuk driver for a reward.   The tuk tuk driver was never summoned to give evidence, and the only independent evidence of the arrest came from a woman who had sent her daughter out all night to sell roses to tourist.

A MOTHER'S ANGUISH

Angie Whitaker, Liam’s mother, said:

“We strongly feel that the `shake down` was very very wrong & Western tourists should be warned that this is happening & of the dangers in Thailand.   
Liam was trapped!  
I also feel that his death was very suspicious.  Something happened in that Police Station which should not have happened & the Thai Police did everything they could to make it go away. The speed in which Liam`s body was embalmed for example was very suspicious.  
The toxicology report from Thailand did not find the `cocktail of drugs` & yet they were present when examined in the UK??  The blood samples taken in Thailand were never made available to the UK Police & Coroner.   
Why was the whole thing rushed through the courts without us being notified & therefore unable to intervene & question?  & I could go on & on with the discrepancies in the reports of what happened that night. 
After reading the reports on the latest murder case we feel that it backs up our suspicions of what we feel happened to Liam. The threatening behaviour of the Thai Police & allegations of brutality, the total disregard of human life & the failure to adhere to procedures properly. 
The only thing of any importance to Thailand is money.   
At the very least what happened to Liam should be a warning to others so that other families do not suffer the devastating loss that we have had to endure.   
The `justice` system in Thailand is so corrupt. The Thai Police should not be allowed to get away with these things.  I wonder how many families have experienced this already & whose stories haven`t  become public?  We are out of our depth dealing with the legal system in Thailand & quite frankly do not trust anyone & that we ourselves would not fall victim to a scam for money by pursuing this further."


The police enquiry seems to have been done by rote and statements by cut and paste.
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CUT AND PASTE

Police Lieutenant Apichart Kornchinda, 46, 

State of the detention room where the incident occurred was a rectangular room.  There was one entrance door.  There was a bathroom and ventilation with metal bars above the wall. This let the air flow around the detention room.  There was nothing blocking it and there was a bright light from an electric neon on the ceiling.  One could see clearly.” 
Police Senior Sergeant Major  Pramuan Boonchoo , 43, arresting officer 

The state of the detention room where the incident occurred was a rectangular room.  There was one entrance door.  There was a bathroom and ventilation with metal bars above the wall. This let the air flow around the detention room.  There was nothing blocking it and there was a bright  light from an electric neon on the ceiling.  One could see clearly. 
Police Senior Sergeant Major  Saknoi Soomanawat             

“State of the detention room where the incident occurred was a  rectangular room.  There was one entrance door.  There was a bathroom and ventilation with metal bars above the wall. This let the air flow around the detention room.  There was nothing blocking it and there was a bright light from an electric neon on the ceiling.  One could see clearly.”
Dr. Vorawit Vanichkoonbordee, Pathologist: 

“The state of the detention room where the incident occurred was a rectangular room.  There was one entrance door.  There was a bathroom  and ventilation with metal bars above the wall. This let the air flow around the detention room.  There was nothing blocking it and there was a bright light from an electric neon on the ceiling.  One can see clearly.
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But while that indicates a desire by the police to have done with the matter quickly, it is not evidence of any cover up. Of more concern is how he was arrested and what demands police made.

If Liam was being shaken down and was on drugs and alcohol it is not beyond belief that it could have pushed him over the top.

The disappearance of the tuk tuk driver and the appearance of a 31-year-woman who had sent her daughter out to sell flowers as a witness, is regarded with deep suspicion.

Added Mrs. Whitaker  - “We believe that Liam was caught up in a tourist scam which in itself is wrong & should not have happened.   
We believe that Liam would not have taken his own life without being threatened or forced, either mentally or physically or both. 
The Coroner in the UK recorded an open verdict as there was no evidence that Liam took his own life.   
Liam has no history whatsoever of depression, anxiety or any other mental issues.   
He was a happy lad with a support network of family & friends around him who he knew he could call upon & rely upon when he was in trouble.”

Liam Whitaker graduated from Glamorgan University in Wales with a degree in Physical Geography, worked at Fugro Seacore, a marine geotechnical investigation company based in  Falmouth Cornwall,  as a Geotechnical Engineer collecting seabed samples for construction, oil, gas & scientific projects. He had taken a break from a project in France for his Thai holiday.

* The penalty for possession of 'ice' or 'yaa baa' is a one to five year sentence and fine of 20,000 to 100,000 baht.


COMMENT: People will inevitably comment on the stupidity of Liam seeking drugs from unknown people in the Khaosarn Road area of Bangkok. But that is no reason for his death. Escorting youngsters, still high from alcohol at least, around ATM's at 3-4 am would defy credibility in other countries, but not Thailand. Of course there is a gap in police testimony - and a massive one. That's why the Thai police case is crammed with statements from Sergeant to Colonels all saying the same thing. The 'rose seller' has all the semblance of being a rented witness but of course I cannot say that she is. Liam was stopped and searched because he was acting suspiciously, say police. They do not elaborate. That may because they can not.
Unfortunately it is now too late for the family to sue and even if they did past awards have shown how little life is valued at. Despite Thailand's recent attempt to concentrate on 'renowned Thai hospitality' this case serves as another reminder that there is often another darker side.

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