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Tiger temple: Whistleblower threatened, no progress in wildlife trafficking case
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/05/2016
» Tigers smuggled out of temple, slaughtered & sent to Laos for sale. Threats of physical harm by temple boys after he went to police.
Tiger temple: Govt removal under secret settlement?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/01/2016
» Secret govt settlement with 70 tigers removed & 77 remaining so 100 million a year tourism business can continue, says one source.
Tiger Temple: Animal trafficking report leads to criminal defamation charges
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/01/2016
» Tiger Temple is front for 100 million baht a year illegal tourism business, National Geographic reports, only to be hit with criminal defamation suit by monk giving the interview.
Tiger Temple abbot attacked by tiger
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/05/2015
» Abbot attacked while walking one of the temple's 146 tigers back to the compound where they are kept. Abbot had surgery Saturday night & now staying at hospital.
Stop cheating tourists: Call from Europe
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/06/2013
» Diplomats from 18 European countries come to Phuket & ask govt officials to stop allowing tourists to be cheated. Govt mission to China apologizes for cheating Chinese tourists.
Lamborghini smuggling scam
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/06/2013
» Govt officials appear to be involved in complicated web of fraud & tax evasion. License plates of Labour Minister's son on car but plates already cancelled.
Drug smuggling: Don't carry bags for strangers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 09/08/2012
» Thai women made victim by carrying bags packed with drugs for their African husbands. At risk of becoming largest foreign group in Brazil's prisons.
Thailand's rice sector doomed?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/04/2012
» Thai rice sector may be heading towards corruption-plagued government-to government trading, business given to companies that do business with the politicians in power, many exporters may be wiped out.
Poisonous floodwater animals
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/10/2011
» With floods come poisonous snakes, insects & even crocodiles. In this watery world, humans must be very careful.
Unnamed politician helps wildlife smuggler
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/06/2011
» Foreign NGO tracked smuggler down, but why the unnamed politician who helped the smuggler remains unnamed, remains a mystery.