An Australian man is to face a Thai court on Thursday on charges of violating Thailand’s emergency laws by addressing anti-government rallies in May. Conor David Purcell, 30, from Perth in Western Australia, had been detained in late May over breaches of Thai immigration laws and was then charged under the emergency laws that include […]
WA man Bill Douglas, whose release from a Thai jail after only two years for murdering an American sparked an outcry, says he has psychiatric problems from the herbicide Agent Orange when he fought in Vietnam. The 61-year-old, a long-term resident of Thailand, was talking to _The West Australian _before his scheduled deportation to Perth […]
Eleven leaders of bloody, anti-government protests could face the death penalty after being charged Tuesday with terrorism during the worst political upheaval in modern Thai history. The Criminal Court denied bail for the 11 who were taken to a Bangkok prison after being charged with committing, threatening to commit and supporting terrorist acts. While the […]
An Australian man being held by Thai authorities for breaching the state of emergency in Bangkok has had his appeal for bail rejected. Conor David Purcell appealed to the Supreme Court for bail after having his original request rejected. He said bail was justified because the charges against him have not been made clear. The […]
June 15 (Bloomberg) — Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam all regressed last year in their efforts to battle trafficking of men, women and children for labor or commercial sex, according to the U.S. State Department. The three Southeast Asian countries were placed on a watch list of middle-tier countries, placing them one level above the worst […]
The Buckingham Palace Office has admitted that a British citizen arrested during the political unrest once worked at the palace. The AFP News Agency has reported that the Buckingham Palace Office has issued an announcement, saying that 49-year-old Jeff Savage, a British red-shirt supporter arrested during the recent political riot was an employee at the […]
Filipinos continue to fall victim as drug couriers, with at least five recently arrested on separate occasions in Thailand for attempting to bring several kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine into the kingdom. Three Filipinas were arrested by Thai immigration and police authorities as the Suvarnabhumi International Airport on March 22, April 13, and May 4, […]
BANGKOK, June 5 (TNA) – Prime Minister Abhsit Vejjajiva will attend the World Economic Forum East Asia in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Sunday, his first foreign trip since last month’s bloody political violence in Bangkok, aiming to restore confidence among foreign investors and tourists, according to Deputy Secretary General to the Prime Minister […]
