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Saudi case still up in air
News, Published on 02/04/2014
» The dismissal of charges against five men in an alleged conspiracy involving a missing Saudi Arabian businessman is disappointing. The Criminal Court on Monday ruled that there was not enough evidence to convict the five or to continue the case. An appeal may be filed, but this decision appears to end the final attempt to discover the truth about the sensational string of crimes that left at least four Saudis and two Thais dead and relations between Bangkok and Riyadh in tatters.
Don’t they know it’s ‘our’ Songkran?
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/03/2014
» Your Honour, ladies and gentlemen of the tribunal of the International Court of Universal Justice. I’ve come to this court today to represent the Cultural Watchdog and Tourism Authority of Thailand, and I henceforth present to the esteemed tribunal the grave, scandalous, hair-raising offence committed by a group of people in Singapore (I think) against the splendid and extremely wet Siamese tradition known as Songkran.
Disaster shows frailties
News, Published on 03/08/2013
» I have just returned to Malaysia after a week-long holiday in Thailand, the country which I still see as ''home'', despite being a British national.
Rethinking digital era law
News, Published on 23/07/2013
» If Thailand has a law that needs revising, it is the law officially known as the Computer-Related Offences Commission Act.
Wanting it both ways
News, Published on 10/07/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra demanded proof that there was corruption in the rice-pledging scheme.
Fare cut talk is cheap
News, Published on 19/01/2013
» Thai Ridgeback hit the nail right on the head yesterday with his letter stating, among other things, that talk is very cheap in this country.