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Kyodo News - Story: "Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday sought Japan's acceptance of Beijing's planned execution of four Japanese men convicted in drug smuggling cases, saying drug smuggling is a ''serious crime'' and the planned measure is ''based on Chinese law....

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English Tourist drugged and Robbed in his Central Pattaya Hotel Room | Pattaya One News

English Tourist drugged and Robbed in his Central Pattaya Hotel Room | Pattaya One News: "Mr. Paul Edward Metcalfe aged 60 from England made a report at Pattaya Police Station regarding allegations he had been drugged and robbed by a woman he had met on the street. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday Morning when Mr. Metcalfe was walking back to his Hotel located in Soi 12 off Pattaya Beach Road. He encountered a woman known as Khun Joy aged 30 who suggested the pair go back to his Hotel and engage in sexual acts in exchange for a payment of 1,000 Baht. Mr. Metcalfe accepted the deal and the pair went back to the Hotel. Following love-making Mr. Metcalfe began to feel dizzy and passed out. He awoke on Sunday Night and realized the woman had stolen his possessions, including,...

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Court agrees to extradite alleged British fraudster to Dubai

Court agrees to extradite alleged British fraudster to Dubai: "The court approved the public prosecutor's request to extradite Michael Bryan Smith, 43, to the United Arab Emirates even though Thailand has no extradition treaty with the country.The UAE Office of the Attorney General issued a warrant for Smith's arrest in August 2008 for allegedly cheating the Dubai-based Limitless Company out of 150 million dollars while working there as a human resource manager.Smith will appeal the decision, his lawyer said. The British national has been living in Thailand since 2008.'Although there is no extradition treaty between the UAE and Thailand, the UAE has said they intend to reciprocate on the case,' the Bangkok Criminal Court said in its ruling on the Smith case.Thailand and the UAE are currently...

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Briton hit US Marine, fined

Briton hit US Marine, fined: "Jonathan Graham Thomson Irving, 24, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of punching Mr Clayton Sharrard, 21, on his face under grave and sudden provocation at Orchard Towers on July 4 last year. The victim suffered multiple fractures as a result.The court heard that a dispute broke out between the two men near an ATM machine at Orchard Towers at about 1.15am that day. Irving started to laugh at Sharrard who warned him not to mess with him. Sharrard then became aggressive and started to use profanity.Shortly after leaving the place, the victim swore at Irving from across the road. Irving continued to laugh at the victim who then crossed the road to confront Irving. Feeling provoked and fearful of being attacked, Irving punched the victim in the face. The victim...

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Doctor accused of drug crimes

Doctor accused of drug crimes: "34-year-old doctor has been charged with drug and firearm offences after raids by organised crime detectives.Detectives executed a drug search warrant at a house in Second Avenue in Mount Lawley, where prohibited glassware items were found.The officers then searched a second house belonging to the man, where it is alleged a small amount of methylamphetamine was found.That afternoon, a third premises used by the doctor was also searched and a loaded home-made pen gun and two ecstasy tablets were found.The man has been charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm, possessing a prohibited drug and possessing a restricted item.He is due to face the Perth Magistrates Court on May 1...

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David Solomon, a 44-year-old British national who was alleged to have been in possession of five packets of the Class 1 drug yah ice totalling 6.36 g

Thursday afternoon senior police at the Soi 9 station held a press conference to showcase a motley collection of nine people, five men and four women aged between 18 and 44, who had been arrested in a sweep of the city and charged with drugs and theft offences. Standing out among this crowd was David Solomon, a 44-year-old British national who was alleged to have been in possession of five packets of the Class 1 drug yah ice totalling 6.36 grams. An 18-year-old Thai teenager was caught with 10 yah bah tablets, while the remainder had lesser amounts of the same illegal narcotic and one man, aged 24, was also caught in possession of a stolen motorbike. It looks as though the Pattaya Provincial Court is going to be busy over the next few da...

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British man caught with class 1 drugs by Pattaya Police | Pattaya One News

British man caught with class 1 drugs by Pattaya Police | Pattaya One News: "Thursday afternoon senior police at the Soi 9 station held a press conference to showcase a motley collection of nine people, five men and four women aged between 18 and 44, who had been arrested in a sweep of the city and charged with drugs and theft offences. Standing out among this crowd was David Solomon, a 44-year-old British national who was alleged to have been in possession of five packets of the Class 1 drug yah ice totalling 6.36 grams. An 18-year-old Thai teenager was caught with 10 yah bah tablets, while the remainder had lesser amounts of the same illegal narcotic and one man, aged 24, was also caught in possession of a stolen motorbike. It looks as though the Pattaya Provincial Court is going to be busy...

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Thailand’s Journalist faces 50 years in jail just too late to erase his reader’s comments.

Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of all charges against journalist Chiranuch Premchaipoen, the editor of Prachatai.com website, who is facing up to 50 years in prison under the computer crimes for failing to remove comments from her site with sufficient speed. Posted by visitors, the comments are deemed to have insulted the monarchy.Arrested and charged on 31 March, Chiranuch was released after three hours when her sister stood guarantee for the 300,000 bahts (6,000 euros) in bail demanded by the judicial authorities.“Once again, the lèse majesté and computer crimes laws are being used politically to control and intimidate people with dissenting views,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Amid the current political tension, the Thai public has greater need than ever to receive...

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women seeking romance or were in ‘true love’ were less likely to use condoms than women seeking ‘purely physical’ or casual sexual adventure.

Sex tourism has been long conceptualized as foreign men traveling to South East Asia to have sex with female or male commercial sex workers and children. In the 1990s, research started coming out about female sex tourism in the Caribbean. From then-until now, most literature/research on female tourist sexual relations with local Caribbean males—known commonly as beach boy, rent-a-dread or snaky panky—have been to prove or disprove that these relationships are or are not “sex tourism.” Is this sex tourism, romance tourism or maybe companionship tourism? Based on these studies particular gaps and inconsistencies were apparent, which includes the rates that condoms were used in the sexual relations between the local men and female tourists. Due to multiple contributing factors, tourist areas...

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