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T_Dog

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  1. In the 10 years I have been in Thailand, I have heard absolutely nothing from Thammasat University which I would consider to be 'pro democracy'.

    They are a disgrace to the principles of education and what a university should be.

    Just a very quick google found this https://www.facebook.com/anthony.cartalucci/posts/1548006848808717

    Meanwhile, today's BP runs a headline article with selfie taking Prayuth declaring ex pat Thai protesters gearing up for demonstrations against this coup ahead of his meeting at the UN in New York, have already been labeled 'red shirts'. 'Goose' and 'gander' spring to mind.

    The junta is likely very concerned about the American Thai community that had a conference in Las Vegas recently and came up with suggestions that would immediately get them jailed in Thailand. The Times of San Diego ran an opinion piece on it.

  2. When you get to the USA, go to a Target Store and buy a Consumer Cellular GSM SIM card. You can get 650 minutes of talk time, about a thousand texts, and 1 GB of EDGE data for around 30 dollars a month with no contract. (You can select higher usage plans as well.) Customer service from Consumer Cellular is outstanding and rated much higher than any of the big companies. I've been using them now for 3 months and am very happy with it.

  3. We had this exact problem in our bamboo grove as well. Your local booze or funeral supply store will have fireworks rockets that look like an M80 with the fuse in the middle. Pound a 1 inch diameter PVC pipe into the ground and launch a rocket right into the tree after the birds have arrived. Those fireworks going off took care of the problem after about two nights! Keep a few handy if they come back.

  4. Love the last line of that article: "At some point soon, the Thai government will have to be more forthright about the investigation if it wants Thais, and the international community, to trust the information it does release." Look at the Koh Tao murder, the threats against the media when the human trafficking story started to emerge, and all the les majeste cases. The government wants serious control of its people so release of real information is not likely to happen for a decade. Thailand wants to be an island in the modern world.

  5. Press release

    Mr Miller and Miss Witheridge did not know each other before they met by chance in Koh Tao as they were each holidaying with friends. The two were murdered on a stretch of beach next to some rocks between the final bar they visited and the nearby waterfront bungalows where they were staying separately with those friends.

    A wooden hoe used by the bar cleaner to sweep the beach was allegedly the murder weapon. But the item was moved at least twice the next morning and no DNA from it has been introduced as evidence.

    During the trial, prosecution witnesses have acknowledged that the defendants were not provided with legal representation during interrogation or the re-enactment.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/11838501/Suspect-in-British-backpacker-murder-trial-describes-police-torture.html

    That article is just hours old and thanks for posting that.

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