Thai prison is the college of crime
The most beautiful flowers grow on the abyss and the most beautiful tattoos can be found in the Thai prison. Crime is rampant there, if we look at the large amount of prohibited items that guards find during 'cell searches'. The question is whether this can ever be eliminated in this way. The Thai government is doing everything it can to prevent drug traffickers in particular from continuing their criminal trade from prison. The plan …
News from Thailand – February 7
Six hundred detainees set fire to their sleeping quarters in Trang prison on Monday morning to protest their ill-treatment. The fire brigade, present with fifteen fire trucks, had great difficulty extinguishing the fire, because they were hindered by the rioters.
Uncle SMS sent text messages, but cannot text
62-year-old Ampon Tangnoppakul, better known as Uncle SMS, has been in prison for a year.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for lèse majesté. In May 2010, Ampon is said to have sent four text messages to the then secretary of Prime Minister Abhisit that were insulting to the royal family.
Dutch pedophile jailed for 37 years
A Dutchman may admire a Thai cell from the inside for 37 years. No fun, but it's his own fault. Because he assaulted children in the seaside resort of Hua Hin
Thai gets eighteen months in prison for stealing shoes during flood
A Thai court sentenced a 52-year-old man to XNUMX months in prison on Thursday for stealing XNUMX pairs of shoes from a police officer's flooded apartment during the floods last month. That reports the local radio.
Model helicopter with mobile phones crashes near prison
A radio-controlled model helicopter crashed some 500 meters outside the walls of Khao Bin (Ratchaburi) high-security prison yesterday. The device carried mobile and satellite phones, SIM cards and batteries, intended for prisoners to arrange drug transactions from prison. The seized items are worth 3 million baht. In prison they do 10 million baht. The owner of the cassava plantation where the plane crashed says he only saw a pickup truck that was…
Censorship and risks for bloggers in Thailand
I do not hide my love for Thailand. On the other hand, there is of course also a lot wrong in this beautiful country (where isn't it?). Expats and retirees can talk about that. They are confronted with it every day. The differences between the west and Thailand are sometimes large and incomprehensible to us. It's not always easy to deal with that. You can look the other way, you can start complaining or you…
13 Thai Women: Prisoners of Guangzhou
This English-language article tells the dramatic story of 13 young Thai women who are imprisoned in China for drug trafficking. They say they were lured abroad under false pretenses. They were eventually arrested and sentenced to death. The death penalty will likely be commuted to life imprisonment. Read and shiver.