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Free from jail after police mistake
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/05/2013
» Working to support his 3-year old son & finishing university, police mistake jails for 2 years, can't get job with criminal record.
Stock exchange: Punishing share price manipulators
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/04/2013
» Criminal laws exist but not enforced so first step: quick fines & warning to protect public, then criminal penalties for repeat offenders.
Thai professor wins in US Supreme Court
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/03/2013
» Dr Supap Kirtsaeng of Silpakorn University was more persuasive than the best lawyers a US publisher could find, convincing US Supreme Court justices that his book-selling business was legal.
PM orders speedy elephant death probe
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/03/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has told police and wildlife authorities to speed up an investigation into elephant poaching in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province.
Bangkok's big prisons may be moved
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/02/2013
» The land along Ngam Wong Wan Road may be too valuable to continue housing three of Bangkok's major prisons.
Kamnan Poh arrested (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/01/2013
» Fugitive Somchai Khunploem, alias Kamnan Poh, was arrested on the expressway in Bangkok on Wednesday. Criminal Court chief justice Tawee Prachuaplarp says he will not receive bail.
Megaupload file-sharing site returns to life
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/01/2013
» Megaupload (50 million visitors a day) was shut down by police & founder faces possible jail in US, but new site using complete privacy strategy to survive.
Thailand's police corruption problem
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/12/2012
» More and more Thais have their own experiences with bad cops & the bad image they create hurts the tourism industry & brings loss of face at a national scale.
Abhisit to defend actions in court
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/12/2012
» Acceptance of amnesty & reconciliation law said to be goal of hitting Abhisit with murder case.
Reckless driving, dead tourist, corrupt police
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/11/2012
» On Koh Samui speeding motorcyclist hits & kills girlfriend, police then try to extort 480 to 960,000 baht from dead woman's father to save boyfriend from jail.