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Posted in: Commit_A_Crime_In_ThailandTuesday 23 March 2010
young Russian tourist that she had been raped by a motorbike taxi driver, after she hired him to take her home to her condominium
PATTAYA Police Officers on the 14th March received a report from a young Russian tourist that she had been raped by a motorbike taxi driver, after she hired him to take her home to her condominium on Pratamnak Hill after an evening out with friends on Walking Street.
The attack which took place at around 4.30 in the morning, and left the victim, a 25 year old Russian woman, very shocked. She explained to the officers that she had hired the motorbike taxi driver close to Bali Hai Pier and asked him to take her to her condo. As they were riding along he suddenly pulled into some bush land and attempted to rape her. She fought, even managing to punch him in the face at one point, however, once he had violated her, he jumped onto his motorcycle and fled. As she made her way in the direction of home, she managed to get the attention of two Tourist Police Officers, who escorted her to the station.
Police have taken a statement from the young tourist, along with a very good description, and they will do everything to apprehend this monster before he attacks someone else. A composite drawing of the man has been created, and the motorbike taxi rank where the young woman hired the taxi, has been closed until further notice.
The young woman was then taken to the Banglamung Hospital where she received emergency treatment, forensic testing and a HIV check up.
MacMafia have failed to jail a journalist who revealed the mysterious death of their business partner.
MacMafia have failed to jail a journalist who revealed the mysterious death of their business partner.Now reporter Andrew Drummond is delivering a dossier to the Thai prime minister revealing his investigation into James Lumsden, 59, from Falkirk, and Gordon May, 67, from Edinburgh, who are involved in Pattaya's "Boyz Town" sex industry. The newsman had probed Lumsden and May's business in a series of Sunday Mail investigations. He told how, in April 1990, their business partner Iain Macdonald, 28, from Inverness, died in a Thai hotel fire.One month before his death, he had bequeathed his 50 per cent share in May and Lumsden's Boyz Boyz Boyz club and the Ambiance Hotel - worth £250,000 - to May's boyfriend, a Thai go-go dancer.
A second businessman, Kevin Quill, 39, from Yorkshire, also invested money with Lumsden and May but was jailed for sixyears for drug possession in 2000, despite a senior Thai police officer saying he had been framed. Three judges last week cleared Drummond, who faced being thrown into prison if he had lost the gruelling nine-year battle.The judges ruled: "The defendant was doing his job as a journalist, making facts public for foreigners doing business in Thailand. "There is nothing defamatory in what he wrote." Lumsden - who's drag stage name is Madame Jim - and May have been active since 1989 in an area of Pattaya called Boyz Town.Drummond, 58, said: "The Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will know exactly what I am talking about. He has already taken progressive steps against corruption."A year after opening Boyz Boyz Boyz with £250,000, Lumsden and May invited Macdonald, the son of a former provost of Inverness, to invest another £250,000 in their business. But when he mysteriously died, Drummond found he had made a will only a month earlier, leaving all his Thai investments to a man called Supan Kampanya.Drummond said: "I tracked the Thai man down. He was unhappy and scared of the influence of Gordon May.
"He had previously been a gay go-go dancer at Boyz Boyz Boyz and was May's boyfriend. He said all he got was 5000 baht - about £100.
"I am, of course, very pleased. But this is small consolation for the families of lain Macdonald or Kevin Quill. Their lives have been devastated."Marwaan Macan-Markar, president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, said: "We welcome this court ruling in favour of Andrew Drummond, particularly since the alleged libels involved were criminal offences under existing Thai law.
"The verdicts demonstrate a fundamental respect for investigative reporting in the public interest. This is a good day for journalism and the law in Thailand."
A second businessman, Kevin Quill, 39, from Yorkshire, also invested money with Lumsden and May but was jailed for sixyears for drug possession in 2000, despite a senior Thai police officer saying he had been framed. Three judges last week cleared Drummond, who faced being thrown into prison if he had lost the gruelling nine-year battle.The judges ruled: "The defendant was doing his job as a journalist, making facts public for foreigners doing business in Thailand. "There is nothing defamatory in what he wrote." Lumsden - who's drag stage name is Madame Jim - and May have been active since 1989 in an area of Pattaya called Boyz Town.Drummond, 58, said: "The Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will know exactly what I am talking about. He has already taken progressive steps against corruption."A year after opening Boyz Boyz Boyz with £250,000, Lumsden and May invited Macdonald, the son of a former provost of Inverness, to invest another £250,000 in their business. But when he mysteriously died, Drummond found he had made a will only a month earlier, leaving all his Thai investments to a man called Supan Kampanya.Drummond said: "I tracked the Thai man down. He was unhappy and scared of the influence of Gordon May.
"He had previously been a gay go-go dancer at Boyz Boyz Boyz and was May's boyfriend. He said all he got was 5000 baht - about £100.
"I am, of course, very pleased. But this is small consolation for the families of lain Macdonald or Kevin Quill. Their lives have been devastated."Marwaan Macan-Markar, president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, said: "We welcome this court ruling in favour of Andrew Drummond, particularly since the alleged libels involved were criminal offences under existing Thai law.
"The verdicts demonstrate a fundamental respect for investigative reporting in the public interest. This is a good day for journalism and the law in Thailand."
Posted in: Pattaya's "Boyz Town" sex industry.THAI army officers guarding checkpoints, government buildings and military bases during an anti-government rally will be armed
THAI army officers guarding checkpoints, government buildings and military bases during an anti-government rally will be armed from Monday due to recent grenade attacks, an army spokesman said.'Starting from today, the military deployed at checkpoints, government buildings and military bases will be armed in order to prevent ill-intentioned people from inciting unrest,' Colonel Sunsern Kaewkumnerd told reporters.'Because of the violent incidents in the past, including the (rocket-propelled grenade) attacks, the government is very concerned with the current situation so there is a need to adjust the security measures,' he said.Col. Sunsern said that only army officers at the key locations would be armed. Previously the 30,000 military personnel guarding the protests, which have stretched into their second week, were not armed.Two small grenade blasts hit Bangkok and a nearby province shortly after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters held a peaceful parade through the capital Saturday. One person was slightly injured but damage was minor. A week ago, four grenades exploded at a Bangkok military base, wounding two soldiers.
Mamoru Nagano, 64, from Kumamoto Prefecture, was arrested after the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok revoked his passport.
Mamoru Nagano, 64, from Kumamoto Prefecture, was arrested after the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok revoked his passport. Nagano has reportedly been living in Bangkok for the last three years, operating a real estate firm. He has been wanted by Hiroshima police on charges of violating investment-related lawsThai police on Monday arrested a Japanese man accused of swindling around 6 billion yen from about 1,600 victims across Japan, Thai Immigration Bureau officials said.
Canadian Woman Gets 3.5 Years in Thai Jail
Two Malaysians are still languishing in a jail in south Thailand as their families cannot afford to pay the 900,000 baht (RM90,000) bail
Two Malaysians are still languishing in a jail in south Thailand as their families cannot afford to pay the 900,000 baht (RM90,000) bail fixed by a southern Thai court.
Thailand's anti-government protesters said they will hold a candlelight vigil Wednesday to honour the revered monarch
Thailand's anti-government protesters said they will hold a candlelight vigil Wednesday to honour the revered monarch, who has been in hospital since September.The "Red Shirts" loyal to fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra have been demonstrating since March 14, pushing for snap elections to replace a government they criticise as elitist and undemocratic."Tomorrow we will light candles at eight o'clock in the evening to bless His Majesty the King's good health and to show our loyalty to the monarchy," Reds leader Jatuporn Prompan said Tuesday.Thaksin, who lives in exile to avoid a jail term for corruption, has been accused by his critics of disloyalty to King Bhumibol Adulyadej -- a grave offence in Thailand, where the monarch is regarded by many as a demi-god.The 82-year-old, who is the world's longest-reigning monarch, was admitted to hospital on September 19 with a lung infection and fever. He has appeared in public several times since then.The protesters are also planning a rally on Saturday which they say will "shut down" Bangkok and exceed the parade they mounted in the capital last weekend which drew 65,000 people in a noisy but peaceful procession.
The Reds have rejected Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's offers of talks with a junior minister, saying they will only speak with the premier and only to discuss the dissolution of the lower house.
Jatuporn played down comments from Thaksin's brother, who reportedly said he could act as a go-between to negotiate talks aimed at ending the street protests, which threaten to damage Thailand's image and economy.
"Thaksin's brother gave his private comments, it does not relate to the Red Shirts and what we call for again today is the dissolution of the house," Jatuporn said.
The Reds say the government is illegitimate as it came to power with army backing via a parliamentary vote in December 2008 after a court decision ousted Thaksin's allies from power.
The ruling brought an end to a blockade of Bangkok's airports by rival, royalist "Yellow Shirts".
The Reds have rejected Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's offers of talks with a junior minister, saying they will only speak with the premier and only to discuss the dissolution of the lower house.
Jatuporn played down comments from Thaksin's brother, who reportedly said he could act as a go-between to negotiate talks aimed at ending the street protests, which threaten to damage Thailand's image and economy.
"Thaksin's brother gave his private comments, it does not relate to the Red Shirts and what we call for again today is the dissolution of the house," Jatuporn said.
The Reds say the government is illegitimate as it came to power with army backing via a parliamentary vote in December 2008 after a court decision ousted Thaksin's allies from power.
The ruling brought an end to a blockade of Bangkok's airports by rival, royalist "Yellow Shirts".
GRENADE attack occurred at around 10.30 pm Monday at a Highways Department depot in Bangkok's Talingchan area.
GRENADE attack occurred at around 10.30 pm Monday at a Highways Department depot in Bangkok's Talingchan area. No injuries were reported.A security box located in front of the local Highways Department office in Taling Chan area was damaged. Bang Phat police said the grenade used was an M-67.Pol Lt Colonel Prathan Jaemduang refused to comment whether the attack was politically motivated, but said a night guard was recently fired, and possibly responsible for the attack.No eyewitnesses were at the scene at the time of the blast.The officer said there was a security camera located around 100 metres away from the scene, but the distance was possibly too far to catch details of the incident.
accused, Rajinder Singh, Balvinder Singh, Kuldip Singh and Rajbir, had arrived in Mumbai on an Air India flight from Delhi early Sunday morning
Air Intelligence unit of Mumbai Customs arrested four persons at the Mumbai airport on the charge of smuggling digital memory cards worth Rs 52 lakh and produced them before a court on Monday which remanded them to five days custody.The accused, Rajinder Singh, Balvinder Singh, Kuldip Singh and Rajbir, had arrived in Mumbai on an Air India flight from Delhi early Sunday morning, a Customs official said.
One of them had arrived in Delhi from Hong Kong while the rest joined him there, the official said."They were detained while attempting to get past the green signal without declaring their goods," he added.
During the search, digital memory cards worth Rs 52 lakh were recovered from them, the official said, adding, subsequently all four accused were arrested under the Customs Act.
One of them had arrived in Delhi from Hong Kong while the rest joined him there, the official said."They were detained while attempting to get past the green signal without declaring their goods," he added.
During the search, digital memory cards worth Rs 52 lakh were recovered from them, the official said, adding, subsequently all four accused were arrested under the Customs Act.
saffron smuggling scams every day as criminals try to illegally import the aromatic flower from Iran.
widening gap in prices of the commodity between countries has fuelled a rise in criminals turning to the seasoning as an easy way to make money.
Customs officials have warned of an alarming rise in the number of illegal consignments of the red strand-like spice being seized at airports. officers claim they are uncovering up to three saffron smuggling scams every day as criminals try to illegally import the aromatic flower from Iran. The trend is being driven by the fact that while saffron costs around £1,100 per kilo in Iran, it fetches double that figure in India. Prices have soared in India as dwindling domestic yields have caused demand to outstrip supply. Saffron is imported legally from Iran, but criminals have turned to smuggling in order to avoid high import duties and reap the rewards of inflated prices in India. It is thought that gangs operating from within Indian and also in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are employing saffron “mules” to carry parcels of the spice in their hold luggage on international flights. An Indian customs spokesman said: “The smugglers are operating through carriers, who are paid 25,000 Indian rupees (£365) per trip. “The processed saffron powder is packed along with the unaccompanied baggage.” He added that the packages, which normally weigh between three and 10kg, are difficult to trace because scanning devices often fail to pick up saffron. Most of India’s saffron is grown in Kashmir, where the annual crops in October have sustained thousands of families for centuries. However, production has fallen from around 40 tonnes 20 years ago to just six tonnes last year, with experts blaming climate change, poor irrigation, and pollution in the region. Consequently, prices have doubled in the past three years. Shakeel Ahmad Mir, a spokesman for the Kashmir Saffron Growers Association, said: “Severe drought conditions that prevailed in 2000 and 2005 has effected the saffron yield to a large extent. “With poor or no irrigational facilities and the pest attack on the crop, the saffron production has gone down by approximately 85 per cent during last 10 years.
“The demand is quite high in India and the mafia, mostly based in south Indian states and Mumbai, smuggle Iranian saffron which is sold at cheaper rates compared to Kashmiri saffron. “The high demand and the influx of smuggled Iranian saffron in Indian market at a lost cost have emerged as a major challenge for the Kashmiri saffron.”
Although the decline in Indian saffron production is affecting prices in the region, European markets are not significantly affected as Iran and Spain provide the bulk of the 3,000 tonnes grown worldwide every year. Apart from its use in cookery, saffron is also used for religious purposes and in the pharmaceutical, therapeutic, dyeing industries. The spice is derived from the flower of the saffron crocus and its production is thought to date back around 3,000 years.
Liverpool-born gangster Curtis Warren, thought to be one of Britain's richest criminals, is due to appeal against a conviction
Liverpool-born gangster Curtis Warren, thought to be one of Britain's richest criminals, is due to appeal against a conviction for plotting to smuggle £1 million worth of cannabis.Warren, known by his nickname "Cocky", was once Interpol's most wanted man. He is the only drug dealer to have appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List when, in 1997, he was listed as a "property developer" worth £40 million
Warren, 46, started a 13-year jail term in December after he and five others were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to import the drugs from mainland Europe to Jersey in the Channel Islands.The plot, the trial heard, would have seen 397lb (180kg) of cannabis bought in Amsterdam and driven back in a hire car through Belgium and France to the Normandy coast. It was then to be picked up by boat and smuggled on to the island where it was to be sold on the streets at massive profit.But when Warren's co-accused failed to come up with the cash, the plan fell apart. Police swooped to arrest the conspirators in July 2007 before the deal could be done.During the trial the court heard secret recordings made by police bugs fitted in the hire car and in public phone boxes around the island's capital St Helier.John Welsh, 43, originally from Liverpool, was jailed for 12 years; James O'Brien, 45, from Glasgow, got 10 years; Jason Woodward, 22, from Kent, and Jersey men Paul Hunt, 27 and Oliver Lucas, 23, were each handed five-year terms.All six men are appealing against their convictions and sentence at a two-day hearing in St Helier before Dame Heather Steel
Thursday 11 March 2010
Two girls, aged fifteen and sixteen, ran away from a Nebraska juvenile home and made their way to a hotel in Omaha.
Two girls, aged fifteen and sixteen, ran away from a Nebraska juvenile home and made their way to a hotel in Omaha. A woman who introduced herself as Jazzie invited the girls to her room to smoke marijuana. Jazzie later introduced them to Russell. The girls were invited to join Jazzie and Russell on a road trip and were told they would have to make money along the way. The girls agreed to go. Prior to leaving, Russell gave one of the girls an identification card of a twenty-three or twenty-four-year old woman. The girls were later told that they would have to work at strip clubs and as prostitutes.In the days that followed, one or both of the girls performed at strip clubs and had sex in exchange for money. In time, law enforcement officers learned of the runaways' whereabouts and apprehended them. Based on information provided by the girls, they also apprehended Russell. The State charged Russell with the crimes listed above and a jury found Russell guilty as charged.Russell moved for a new trial, in which he challenged the credibility of the witnesses. The district court denied the motion. The court imposed sentence, which included a fine of $1000 in connection with the conviction for ongoing criminal conduct. Russell appealed.
The Prosti who goes by the name “Kylie had worked in Brigitte’s Massage Parlour since 1993 before being fired in April 2003.
prostitute who was fired by a Cape Town establishment has gone to the Labour Appeal Court and judges are stumped.
The Prosti who goes by the name “Kylie had worked in Brigitte’s Massage Parlour since 1993 before being fired in April 2003.
She was apparently fired for not doing enough, being choosy when it came to clients for spending time in her room with her boyfriend, who did not pay for the service.
I guess they don’t have real pimps in Cape Town. A regular pimp would have pimp-slapped her, all the time asking “who yo pimp master, beeyaach!” Then he would have thrown her back into her room and tell her to up her game.
And since Cape Town has an extremely large gay community, the pimp would have found some work for the boyfriend – to pay for his upkeep and the “services” from his girlfriend.The three Labour Appeal Court judges are still grappling with whether she is entitled to challenge her dismissal, since her “work” is legally not kosher.
An exasperated Judge President Raymond Zondo asked the hooker’s lawyer: “When dismissed you are made to stop with something criminal…but then you say ‘please protect me from someone who is stopping me from doing something criminal, it doesn’t makes sense to me.”
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration flatly refused to entertain her.
If she succeeds in getting reinstated, then it would open a whole new world for drug dealers and taxi industry hit men.
Then we will begin to see media stories like: “A Hit man has taken a taxi industry boss to the CCMA following his dismissal for mistaken identity killing”.
Or “Mule fired for losing cocaine stash”. Hijackers will also hijack the headlines: “Hijacker demands full payment for bloodstained car”.
Then the whole thing will spiral out of control and we will have protest marches for better wages by drug mules, car hijackers and hit man.
man who reportedly smuggled Giant African Snails into the U.S. so his followers could drink their mucus
man who reportedly smuggled Giant African Snails into the U.S. so his followers could drink their mucus is being investigated by state and federal wildlife agencies.
In January federal agents raided the home of Charles Stewart, 48, after they received several complaints. Stewart says his religion, Ifa Orisha, uses the snails in healing ceremonies. Some followers said however they got violently sick, lost weight and developed strange lumps in their stomachs after ingesting the snail mucus.
The Giant African Snail is prohibited in the U.S. without special approval. Experts say the snail, which can grow up to 10 inches, can devastate ecosystems; it eats more than 500 plant species, even plaster and stucco and can reproduce on its own.
For the last several decades, there was no known giant African snail in Florida. However, the state is no stranger to this massive mollusk. In 1966, a boy smuggled three snails into Miami as pets and his grandmother subsequently released them into her garden. Seven years later, more than 18,000 snails were found. It took almost 10 years and more than $1 million to eradicate this pest from Florida.
While not charged yet, Stewart could face a number of smuggling or customs violations in additional to civil penalties.
In January federal agents raided the home of Charles Stewart, 48, after they received several complaints. Stewart says his religion, Ifa Orisha, uses the snails in healing ceremonies. Some followers said however they got violently sick, lost weight and developed strange lumps in their stomachs after ingesting the snail mucus.
The Giant African Snail is prohibited in the U.S. without special approval. Experts say the snail, which can grow up to 10 inches, can devastate ecosystems; it eats more than 500 plant species, even plaster and stucco and can reproduce on its own.
For the last several decades, there was no known giant African snail in Florida. However, the state is no stranger to this massive mollusk. In 1966, a boy smuggled three snails into Miami as pets and his grandmother subsequently released them into her garden. Seven years later, more than 18,000 snails were found. It took almost 10 years and more than $1 million to eradicate this pest from Florida.
While not charged yet, Stewart could face a number of smuggling or customs violations in additional to civil penalties.
Police are investigating reports of three rapes of foreign women in Oslo during the past week.
Police are investigating reports of three rapes of foreign women in Oslo during the past week. A police spokeswoman has described the cases as “brutal” and “extremely serious.”
All three occurred in apartments being used by the women, who reportedly have been working as prostitutes in Oslo. Street solicitation was outlawed in Norway last year, and most prostitution has since “moved indoors,” according to media reports.
The first report of rapes occurred when two women from Hungary were found bound and gagged inside an apartment in Oslo’s fashionable Frogner district. They said two men, possibly from Somalia, had forced their way into the apartment, raped them and left them with tape over their eyes and mouths.
A third report came from a 31-year-old woman from Russia, who described a similar ordeal. The rape she reported this week occurred on Saturday, while the two Hungarian women were found on Monday.
Police said they were taking the reports seriously but had few leads in the cases.
All three occurred in apartments being used by the women, who reportedly have been working as prostitutes in Oslo. Street solicitation was outlawed in Norway last year, and most prostitution has since “moved indoors,” according to media reports.
The first report of rapes occurred when two women from Hungary were found bound and gagged inside an apartment in Oslo’s fashionable Frogner district. They said two men, possibly from Somalia, had forced their way into the apartment, raped them and left them with tape over their eyes and mouths.
A third report came from a 31-year-old woman from Russia, who described a similar ordeal. The rape she reported this week occurred on Saturday, while the two Hungarian women were found on Monday.
Police said they were taking the reports seriously but had few leads in the cases.
