Bangkok Informer

CHIANGRAI TIMES – Former Pattaya Expat,Peter Henry Farquhar, 54, from Briscoe Terrace, Whitehaven had a life of luxury in Thailand until his arrest at Heathrow just before Christmas 2009. Peter Henry Farquhar, 54, Setting up home at the exclusive Palm Springs Village in Pattaya, Farquhar drove around in a £30,000 Toyota Fortuner in a country [...]

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The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a former marketing officer of a brokerage firm to four years in jail following his conviction for spreading false information in cyberspace to manipulate stock prices. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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The Foreign Ministry is likely to negotiate with the Myanmar authorities to reduce the sentences and eventually pardon the Thai man and Thai woman jailed for 18 and 15 years respectively on drug charges. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Simon Paul Watson, was tracked down in Bangkok after a three-year hunt by police.   Chiangrai Times – Simon Paul Watson who fled to Thailand while on police bail for sex offenses is today starting a five-year jail sentence after police tracked him down. Simon Paul Watson, who used to work at a Medical Centre, [...]

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American man jailed for translating banned book on Thai king freed BANGKOK – An American sentenced to two and a half years in Thai prison for translating a banned biography about the country's king and posting the content online has been freed by a royal pardon, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday. Joe Gordon was … [...]

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