• THAILAND

  THE DEATH PENALTY Part I: Capital punishment in Thailand

  Spectrum, Published on 25/03/2012

  » We're going to take a break from taxes for a couple of weeks to respond to questions about the death penalty in Thailand. Does it exist? To which crimes does it apply? Is it used often and are there procedural protections that keep it from being used too freely? We'll answer these questions and others about the death penalty in this short series.

• THAILAND

  THE DEATH PENALTY Part II: Capital punishment in Thailand

  Spectrum, Published on 01/04/2012

  » Last week, we discussed the death penalty and the crimes that give rise to it. This week we'll talk about what happens when a court prescribes the death penalty.

• THAILAND

  Dragons & butterflies, an inmate finds inner peace

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 13/05/2012

  » South African Alexander Krebs, known to friends and family as "Shani", arrived in Bangkok in April 1994 on a 10 day holiday. He was 34 at the time and writing a novel, but was also a 15-year-long drug addict who had a sporadic wild streak in him and had just broken up with his fiancee. His family thought the time away would do him good.

• THAILAND

  Offshore bonds complex but rewarding

  Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 01/07/2012

  » Last week we talked about offshore personal portfolio bonds (OPPBs) and how they assist with currency management. Since then a number of readers have enquired about the uses of OPPBs and how they may benefit from such an account. There is obviously a lot of confusion out there.

• THAILAND

  Dead child walking

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 22/07/2012

  » Just returned from a visit to Bangkok's notorious Bang Kwang prison, Toshi Kazama is ready to talk about criminal justice. On a rainy evening at the Foreign Correspondents' Club last week, the Japanese-born photographer shows slides of his photographs of juvenile offenders and speaks about the complexities of capital punishment. He has been photographing young people on death row since 1996, mostly in the US, where he has lived since the age of 15, and more recently across Asia.

• THAILAND

  PETS IN THAILAND X Man Bites Dog Part One

  Spectrum, Published on 12/08/2012

  » What duties do you have to your pet under Thai law? For example, what if you keep your dog indoors and don't give it enough food and water? Or let's say your cat is sick, you don't bother to take it to the vet and it dies? What if someone sees a dog on the street and kills it just for fun. Can he do that?

• THAILAND

  For Belarusian troupe, show must go on despite dangers

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 19/08/2012

  » Thespians of the Belarus Free Theatre have been beaten, arrested and harassed by authorities. And husband-and-wife co-directors Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada, as they explained to Spectrum last week while on a visit to Bangkok, are now forced to live in exile, facing prison sentences if they return home. Within Belarus _ their large landlocked country of just under 10 million people, bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania _ the actors continue to perform in secret and at great risk to themselves and their audiences.

• THAILAND

  'Cinderella' ends in a dark 'fairy tale'

  Spectrum, Post Reporters, Published on 26/08/2012

  » Seventeen years ago it was almost impossible to turn on a television or pick up a newspaper without hearing the story of Little Fish and the elderly Frog Prince _ a lurid tale of love, lust and death behind palace walls that enthralled a nation unaccustomed to public scandal.

• THAILAND

  Mekong River bandit's powerful friends dry up

  Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 30/09/2012

  » Naw Kham has been labelled a pirate, drug lord, murderer, racketeer, godfather and spy. He is listed as a fugitive on Interpol's Wanted Persons index. Earlier this year, both the Thai and Chinese governments placed Naw Kham on top of their most wanted foreigners lists, with Thailand offering a US$65,000 (two million baht) bounty for his capture.

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  Locked away and forgotten: inside a high security jail

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 04/11/2012

  » At two security checkpoints visitors are frisked and scanned with metal detectors. No sharp objects, no liquids, no metals, no mobile phones or gadgets.

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