May 11 2007
Jail for Thailand's YouTube fans
Fans of the banned YouTube video-sharing website will soon face "severe punishment" under a draconian new cyber-crime law. Anyone using a proxy server to visit a website censored by the Thai government could now end up in jail.
This criminalization of ordinary Internet users is just another symptom of Thailand's descent into authoritarianism.
May 2 2007
Thaksin to buy Manchester City
Thailand's brief experiment with democracy seems to have ended badly but it remains to be seen which Premier League football club will be the ultimate beneficiary
- Mango Sauce, 20 September 2006.
Step forward Manchester City.
Yesterday, former PM Thaksin announced the £130 million deal on his blog (www.hi-thaksin.net) alongside this "happy slapping" phonecam shot that appears to show him selecting a severed head for his lunchbox.
April 28 2007
Pattaya porn baron's eye-popping attorneys
Currently out on bail while Thai prosecutors decide his fate, Pattaya porno director John T. Bone has engaged the services of this impressive pair of ... ahem ... attorneys to help salvage his reputation.
T. Bone's latest legal move comes after pornstar Mike South (AKA Michael Strother, 48 - a former NASA space shuttle engineer) accused him of filming underage performers in his Thai transvestite movies - allegations that the elderly pornographer strongly denies.
April 25 2007
Sex-offenders register for Thai coyote dancers
The Thai government's "War on Pretties" entered a new phase yesterday as top cops were ordered to keep tabs on shapely coyote dancers by adding their names to a new sex-offenders register. Clad only in their trademark crop-tops and hot pants, the leggy lovelies might now be hunted down in fast-paced chases reminiscent of The Benny Hill Show.
April 8 2007
Vice cops bust John T. Bone in Pattaya
The arrest of porn legend John T. Bone has sent shockwaves through Thailand's sexpat community. Bone - real name John Bowen - was arrested in Pattaya last Thursday following a raid on his seafront apartment.
Vice cops seized video production equipment together with a huge stash of porn films and an undisclosed number of dildoes. Insiders have speculated that this should keep them happy for quite a while.
Transvestites and bargirls were allegedly hired to perform sex acts in T. Bone's own apartment and the sixty year-old pornographer has been charged with producing explicit video clips for sale on a website.
John T. Bone became a household name back in 1995 when he cast Annabel Chong in The World's Biggest Gang Bang but is best remembered for his refusal to pay her.
April 5 2007
YouTube banned in Thailand
Coming hard on the heels of this week's disruption of Yahoo, video-sharing website, YouTube, has been banned in Thailand following a spat between its owners, Google, and the Communications Ministry (ICT).
The dispute centres around Google's refusal to remove a 44 second clip containing altered images of someone rather important (Four letters, begins with a K - and who can't be discussed on this website for reasons too obvious to mention).
March 14 2007
Nightlight: Missionary position for Thai prostitutes
The old, the sick and the incontinent always need our help but, quite frankly, they're a dreary bunch so it's easy to understand why the Christian missionaries of Nightlight Bangkok have dumped them in favour of wooing the sexy Thai prostitutes of Nana Plaza.
A leper will always have the odd window in his diary but a yummy Thai prostitute's telephone never stops ringing. Nightlight's missionaries have no option but to queue up behind all the other punters and, to make matters worse, they can only afford to pay 200 baht for long-time.
March 12 2007
Nana Plaza bible-bashers hoodwink BBC's Kate McGeown
Helpless child sex-slaves make for a great story but how does an ambitious BBC foreign correspondent track down these mythical creatures in Nana Plaza amongst a fun-loving army of Anna Nichole Smith wannabes?
Most sensation-seeking journalists would just shag a few prostitutes and make something up but, to add weight to her clichéd portrayal of Nana Plaza as Bangkok's very own Heart of Darkness, the BBC's Kate McGeown wanted nothing less than a firsthand account.
A regular at Bangkok's Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC), Kate McGeown has been knocking around Asia for years and knows perfectly well that Nana Plaza is just a run-of-the-mill bunch of girly bars. Her male colleagues regard the place as a second home.
She could have interviewed just about anyone sitting at the FCC bar or simply walked across the road to investigate the place for herself but, instead, McGeown bases her exposé on the unchallenged testimony of a PR woman in the paid employment of a bunch of donation-seeking religious wackos.
December 31 2006
Multiple bomb blasts rock Bangkok
This is the scene at Victory Monument tonight after a bomb blast tore through a bus shelter at 17:47 local time.
One person was killed and seventeen were injured.
"There was a big bang and people started screaming and running. I saw people with blood all over their legs and faces," said Chalermsak Sanbee, 17, who was standing near the bus stop.
A small area is cordoned-off while police and soldiers sift through the wreckage.
December 23 2006
Santa empties his sack in Thailand
Buddhism offers few opportunities for drunken revelry around a pile of presents so it's hardly surprising that Thai people turn a bit Christian at this time of year.
There's tinsel everywhere and you can't enter a department store without getting your ears blasted by turgid Christmas classics (in English). Obviously, there's no mention of what's actually being celebrated so your average Thai shopper probably thinks that farangs worship Frosty the Snowman.
Personally, I detest Christmas but I like Tramp o Claus.
September 20 2006
Goodbye Mr Thaksin and good riddance
Thaksin's looting spree has finally been brought to an end by the Thai authorities and no one seems sorry to see him go - except foreign heads of state.
As vintage tanks rumbled towards Government House, panicking officials at the Finance Ministry were seen removing large piles of documents. With the shredders working overtime, it could take months or even years to track down Thaksin's billions.
August 21 2006
Fox News: Bangkok is "Pedophile Paradise"
Any man visiting Bangkok is a pedophile, according to Fox News, and Washington Square echoes to the screams of diseased five-year-old starving slave children being raped and beaten by thousands of salivating Western pedophiles given free passes by the money-grabbing Thai Government.
Fox News is notorious for telling lies but yesterday's report from Rudi Bakhtiar must surely be the ultimate in knuckle-dragging prejudice masquerading as a news story.
August 17 2006
JonBenet Ramsey's "killer" arrested in Bangkok
This creepy-looking pedophile is John Mark Karr, 41, the self-confessed killer of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. He was arrested in Bangkok today following a joint Thai/US manhunt.
August 3 2006
British man murdered, burned & dismembered by Thai ex-wife's relatives
Bangkok prostitute, Pannada Laoruang, 38, and five of her male relatives and friends are currently standing trial for the murder of her wealthy British ex-husband, Toby Charnaud, in Thailand.
As his five year-old son looked on, the men bludgeoned Charnaud to death. They cooked his body like a pig-roast and then scattered his dismembered remains in a wildlife park.
It goes without saying that the Thai police refused to investigate so it was left to a private detective, hired by Charnaud's family, to piece together the evidence.
July 28 2006
Chav thug attacks Chiang Mai pensioner
Kris, a young chav thug, has confessed in the Mango Sauce comment threads to beating up a defenceless expat pensioner in Chiang Mai.
i'm 21 and one time in a naugthy bar in Chiang Mai, i dragged a 63 year old into a dirtsoi by his throat and kicked his ass. i had my reasons though. but the thing that scares me now is that the girls in the bar told me he had been there for 10 years, 9 years and 4 months longer than me. luckily, the night of the fight was the same as my departure from Chiang Mai. lucky me, i guess :)
But why would anyone attack a harmless elderly man? Prompted by another contributor, Kris explains:
July 3 2006
Tail-chasing Thai monk defrocked
Phone-cammed with his pants down, the Abbot of Supanburi's tail-chasing ways have finally got him defrocked.
The horny monk says he was drugged but revelations about smutty VCD sessions and a 100,000 baht "dowry" paid to his ex-girlfriend (pictured) undermined his credibility.
He also denies eating more than one meal a day but a sceptical Thai public can see for themselves that his chubby man-tits are bigger than hers.
May 27 2006
Gold-digging Thai brides will get 50%
"Very happy" Mellissa Miller gets £5m after just 2 years and 9 months.
Your dubious Thai Internet bride could now rob you of 50% of your assets within just months of tying the knot following this week’s shock test-case divorce ruling by Britain’s highest court.
Now, she no longer has to produce a child or wait a respectable number of years before stealing your life savings.
If she sells her body, takes drugs, trashes your car and runs off with your best friend it makes no difference because the Courts can’t now take her behaviour into account when deciding how big her lottery win will be.
Readers probably won’t be too surprised to learn that this disgraceful legal precedent was set by a pushy American PR woman seeking to rob her hapless British husband of five million pounds (about $10 million).
January 25 2006
Philippines sees rise in "Desperate Japanese"
It's not just lonely middle-aged farang men who get reduced to poverty by scheming bar girls - as George Nishiyama of Reuters explains:
MANILA (Reuters) - They come to the Philippines hoping to start a new life, often with a new young wife. But most of these middle-aged Japanese men end up without money, abandoned by their Filipino wives and with nowhere to go.
The number of these men, known as "Desperate Japanese" among the local Japanese community, has increased in recent years, an embassy official said.
"One would show up at least every two days," said a consular official with the Japanese embassy in Manila.
He said most of them were married men who had fallen in love with Filipino bar hostesses in Japan and had followed the women to the Philippines, leaving their families behind.
May 20 2005
Rangsit blowjob row blows over
Here's the picture that, this week, provoked near-hysteria amongst Thai parents. It shows the female students of Rangsit University simulating oral sex - or "yum-yum" - on their male colleagues during "inappropriate" initiation rituals. Even the fat lasses are getting stuck in.
Our Mango Sauce Nightlife Correspondent kindly snipped it out of the Bangkok Post for me and added a few tongue-in-cheek remarks:
Readers will be pleased to know that after Mango Sauce's Scrabble team complained that Thai girls were not very accomplished at "giving head" (See "The Rock" exposed as Soi Cowboy go-go dancer) the Thai government has quickly responded by initiating a course in this very skill.
Our picture shows university students in course "Giving Head 101" practising the art of oral sex on fully clothed male volunteers. After mastering this technique the girls will progress next term to unclothed men.
April 7 2005
Thai vegetable girls get fruity
These courgette-munching minxes transformed a dreary event promoting the consumption of fresh vegetables into the photo-opportunity of the week. Our Mango Sauce Nightlife Correspondent has come up with an alternative explanation:
Today we catch up with the girls from Rangsit University reading for their degree in Sex Studies. Readers may remember our previous article and accompanying picture (See: Rangsit blowjob row blows over) in which we showed the freshgirls at the beginning of their year undertaking the course "Oral Sex 101".
A month into their studies, the girls have made good progress and today's picture shows them practising "fruity fellatio" in which they show off their oral skills by gently fellating a small fruit or vegetable. Once they have honed their tongue skills on small members the girls will advance to larger fruits and vegetables such as marrows, cucumbers etc.
April 1 2005
The only good farang is a dead farang
A poisonous anti-farang rant is perhaps the last thing you'd expect to find in The Nation's motoring supplement.
Ordinarily, this seldom-read pull-out offers its readers a meagre diet of trite locally-sourced wisdom ("remember to bring plenty of food on long journeys..." etc) sandwiched between syndicated reviews of foreign cars which often have no dealer network in Thailand. Yesterday, however, a Thai journalist called Pattandesh penned this blatantly racist tirade on the pretext of Shedding light on flashing lights.
Many Americans and Europeans choose to spend their retirements in Thailand. Thais are generally very nice to foreigners, and we sometimes tend to honour them more than fellow Thais. The majority of foreigners who come to Thailand are good people and don't cause problems. But some capitalise on our generosity and use Thailand as a hiding place to get away from crimes they have committed back home. Some even go further and start committing new crimes in this country.
We all disapprove of the criminals, paedophiles and drug-dealers who take refuge in Thailand but Pattandesh's definition of a "bad farang" goes a little wider than this.
Today there are certain foreigners who rely on being "farang", and trick Thai women from the provinces into marrying them. In return they give the women a small amount of money every month in exchange for being able to live in the Kingdom permanently. In the process they also get a partner in bed.
Pattandesh seems to be suggesting that caring and responsible foreign husbands are "bad farangs." He probably also believes that Mother Teresa "tricked" the starving beggars of Calcutta into accepting food and nursing care so that she could selfishly extend her visa - the evil bitch!
March 18 2005
Thai bargirl gobbles Frenchman's ring
When a Thai bargirl gets her mouth around a guy's ring, he's probably not going to complain - but he might do if it's his diamond ring. Combover sent me this bowel-looseningly funny story from the Phuket Gazette, entitled Bargirl swallows rock.
RAWAI: A Patong bargirl swallowed a Frenchman's diamond ring after he refused to pay her and a friend for services rendered after an all-night menage-a-trois in Rawai.
Chalong Police received a complaint from a 62-year-old Frenchman identified as Mr Patrick, who fingered Tawan, a 28-year-old bar girl, as the jewelry-gulping culprit.
Mr Patrick told the police that on the evening of February 8 he went to Tai Pan Pub, where he met Tawan and a friend named Rose. Mr Patrick invited the girls to join him for a three-way at his house in Rawai.
February 26 2005
Thai law-maker & cleric exposed as illicit shaggers
We all enjoy a good sex scandal - particularly when the miscreants make a living by urging other people to behave themselves.
Our Mango Sauce Nightlife Correspondent spotted two such stories in a single day:
Today, as part of Mango Sauce's Amazing Thailand series, we present two stories of illicit sex culled from our morning newspaper. Our first concerns a paternity suit against an 80 year old politician and the second raises the question "how do you defrock an abbot who is already defrocked?"
In our first story, Khun Tavich, a veteran politician seemingly fell head over heels in love when he was 76 years old for the charms of Khun Petchaporn, a 14 year old girl who worked in the Milin tea shop across the road from the Parliament building. After a busy morning passing bills and chairing committees, Khun Tavich would pop over the road and gaze adoringly at her. Such was his love that he eventually asked the girl's mother and auntie if he could take her as his wife (which of course he never did).
Well the inevitable happened, and sometime later our waitress found herself with a child and in need of financial support. In court, our politician now 80 years old and frail claimed from his wheel chair "I'm not the father. It wasn't me - it was my chauffeur". The judge didn't believe him and ordered that he pay 40,000 Baht to the mother every month until the child reached 20 years.
February 20 2005
Coming soon to your inbox: Tsunami fish
An email currently doing the rounds contains photos of strange deep-sea fish that were purportedly washed up in Phuket after the tsunami. An alert reader informs me that it's pure fiction but the pictures are so captivating that they've spawned a new urban myth.
The Discovery Channel might call these creatures "living fossils" or "monsters from the abyss" but, to the rest of us, they're just seriously ugly fish and you wouldn't want to see one staring up from your dinner plate. They probably end up in economy fish fingers.
September 15 2004
This is how we fuck it up
Entitled "This is how we do it," this photo from Monday's Bangkok Post shows Bangladesh police chief, Shahadul Haque, listening attentively as officers of the police traffic control centre explain how they direct traffic in gridlocked Bangkok.
"I'm going to Bangkok to study traffic control, darling" is the weakest excuse I've ever heard for visiting Thailand but at least Mr Haque now has a convincing picture to show his wife.
August 29 2004
Chinese police don't mess around
During the height of Thailand's ya-ba craze, hardly a week went by without live TV coverage of yet another hostage drama and the cause was always the same. A disturbed drug addict would place someone in danger - usually a child - and then be surrounded by cops. The standoff could sometimes last for hours but, as the guy became tired, officers would instinctively know when to pounce - but it still took considerable bravery on their part.
Sent in by Tanai Kwai, these undated pictures show a Chinese cop dealing with a similar situation. He won't be winning any bravery awards, however. Entitled "Chinese police don't mess around" these photos are a study in brutality. Don't follow the link if you're easily shocked.
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August 21 2004
Farang girls who pay Thai men for sex
"I've never heard of a western woman having to pay a Thai man. That's ridiculous" says naive Mango Sauce reader, Nong (See Three faces of female sex-tourism in Thailand).
Hannah Duguid of Britain's Daily Mirror has now blown the lid on their shameless whore-mongering. Spotted by Basil Brush, this story is entitled "Brit girls who pay Thais for no-strings sex."
The teenage woman takes a long look at the menu. She makes her choice and the waiter disappears to fetch her order. He returns with a fit, beautiful, young man.
Ruth Evans is 19 and from Manchester. She is in a male brothel in Thai capital Bangkok - and has just ordered a prostitute for the evening.
She will buy him drinks, they will chat and dance. Later, if she wants, she can pay him £22 (1,600 baht in the local currency) to go back to her hotel and have sex with her.
"It's a real power trip," says Ruth. "A lot of girls come out here looking for sex with a Thai man. This is safer than going round the bars and picking one up."
August 17 2004
Farang crook poses as Thai bride
The smiling face of would-be mail-order bride, Thaee Maiyuran, once appeared regularly on the pages of legitimate Thai/farang matchmaking websites such as Oneandonly.com. Dozens of foreign suitors emailed the pretty Thai girl, completely unaware that they were, in fact, corresponding with a 50 year-old German bloke called Rudiger Reischert.
Our very own Mr Peter dropped Thaee a line but, instead of receiving a sweet and carefully misspelled reply, he was emailed by the Thai police. They told him that Reischert had been arrested. After swindling around half a million baht from lonely farang men, the conman was now facing up to seven years in jail.
His scam was simple. "Thaee" would promise to meet the men in their own country if they wired "her" money for visas and flights.
In the months that followed, arrivals lounges all over Farangland echoed to the tearful cries of love-sick farang men clutching wilting bouquets - but at least they were spared the sight of a fat middle-aged German puckering-up for a kiss. None of them heard from Thaee again.
August 15 2004
Don't discard those Pattaya condoms
Indian construction workers use more than a billion condoms each year but it's got little to do with their virility.
Basil Brush spotted this bizarre story in the Daily Telegraph - entitled "India's condoms are missing their target."
Millions of the condoms distributed free in India to combat Aids and population growth are being used for other purposes such as waterproofing roofs, reinforcing roads and even polishing saris, say health workers.
Others are being dyed and turned into children's balloons, or become water carriers or protective coverings for soldiers' guns.
In fact, only a quarter of the 1.5 billion condoms manufactured annually in India are being "properly utilized", says a report by doctors at King George's Medical University in Lucknow. Almost 900 million are meant to be handed out free for birth control and to curb the spread of HIV. But many are siphoned off by unscrupulous officials and are used by builders.
Some are mixed with concrete and tar, producing a smooth and crack-resistant road surface. Others are used as waterproofing. Builders spread a bed of condoms beneath the roof's cement plastering to keep out the monsoon rain.
August 8 2004
My evil boss gets reincarnated
Many years ago, I worked for a total bastard. Hated by everyone, his countless misdeeds included bullying typists, soliciting bribes from suppliers and, most seriously of all, allocating me work. Fortunately, though, the gin bottle rendered him a spent force by lunchtime.
We didn't keep in touch but I'm fairly certain that the miserable old bugger must be dead by now. I saw this picture in yesterday's Bangkok Post and I take it as a sign.
Thai Buddhists regard reincarnation is an established fact and many of them believe that the reborn keep their distinguishing features - birthmarks, for example.
Interestingly, there's an even-money chance that you'll come back as a woman but, despite the fact that he might soon be working as a sexy Thai go-go dancer, banging your granddad before he croaks would obviously be jumping the gun.
August 5 2004
Numpty Dumpty had a great maul
As we all know, when a Thai woman catches her partner cheating, it's customary for her to chop-off his penis and feed it to the ducks. Today, however, this painful story features a new and unexpected twist - a spectacularly dim-witted numpty who tried to beat the chicks at their own game.
Mango Sauce reader Dave snipped this testicle-retractingly hideous story from last week's Saturday Argus - entitled "Rebuffed Thai cuts off his own penis."
A migrant worker from Myanmar cut off his penis on Friday after drinking himself into a rage when his wife refused him sex, Thai police said.
Po Dong, 29, a dock worker at the Thai port of Samut Prakan, attempted intercourse with his wife, Kate, on Thursday night.
When she refused he stayed up all night drinking whiskey and made another attempt on Friday, Samut Prakan Police Major Narong Simsawat said.
When this attempt at intimacy also was rebuffed, Po Dong flew into a rage and severed his penis with a pair of scissors. He then cut the severed member into several pieces and stabbed himself in the stomach while screaming abuse at his wife.
He was reported in serious but stable condition on Friday afternoon.
That'll teach her!
July 25 2004
Thai condom police await green light
Ex-pats covering-up their infidelities will be pleased to learn that carrying a packet of condoms may soon become mandatory in Thailand.
Our Mango Sauce Social Affairs Correspondent explains why.
Senator Meechai has probably done more than all other Thai politicians combined to prevent an AIDS explosion in Thailand and for this he deserves our greatest thanks (See Thailand rises to condom challenge). We wonder, however, about his latest pronouncement.
Radio Thailand reported that, in Senator Meechai's closing address to the AIDS Conference, he proposed making it mandatory for any male entering a bar to have to carry with him a packet of condoms. Moreover, any man found without a packet of condoms on his person would be committing an offence (we kid you not!)
Imagine. Every bar will have a mama-san sitting by the door seeing if customers are carrying condoms and directing them to their seats. Carriers of large condoms will sit to the left; small "Asian size" ones sit to the right and fruity flavoured ones can sit next to the stage. This way the dancing girls can choose what sort of excitement they fancy.
While the absence of condoms in a man's pockets may seem to be a golden opportunity for Thai police to levy fines upon unsuspecting farang tourists we can also foresee some funny conversations between men and their girlfriends or wives.
July 15 2004
Sex, lies and the Bangkok AIDS Conference
It seems that UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has decided to attend the 2004 Bangkok AIDS Conference after all. Now that it's grabbed the international headlines, he's popping up everywhere - like Kaposi's sarcoma.
George W. Bush won't be showing his face, though. His administration still clings to the belief that AIDS can be tackled by urging people not to have sex. Like our own turbo-charged sex-tourist, Dana, he doesn't approve of condoms and it's anyone's guess as to how many millions of people will have to die before he changes his mind (Obviously, I'm talking about the President, not Dana - unless he's more prolific than I'm giving him credit for).
Our Mango Sauce Social Affairs Correspondent has his own take on the AIDS Conference and the mainstream media's rather predictable reporting from Bangkok.
Friday's Bangkok Post carried an interesting story under the headline "Sex Orgy Bust" of how "three pairs of underage school boys and school girls were caught red handed in a hotel room after a tip-off from a good Samaritan" (presumably a school boy or girl who was not invited to the orgy). School inspectors caught the three pairs naked in bed at 10.00 am - presumably the participants dashed off after morning assembly - and one of the girls said they had had such orgies many times. Practical biology classes were never like this when we were at school.
However, what was particularly useful was that the location of the "orgy" was disclosed as Room 606, Bua Luang Hotel, Chamroenwithi Road, Nakhon Si Thammarat. Interested Post readers in the south of Thailand now know where to go if they're looking for some early morning activity.
July 7 2004
Thailand rises to condom challenge
Senator Mechai Viravaidya is Thailand's undisputed Condom Tsar. He's worked tirelessly to promote their use and many Thais now refer to a condom as a "Mechai." He owns the popular restaurant "Condoms & Cabbages" on Sukhumvit Soi 12 - where diners are given a condom with their bill instead of a mint. If your girlfriend ever finds one in your pocket, it's an excuse worth remembering.
Thai condoms make excellent finger puppets but they're not much use during sex. Even the branded imports are thin, weak and thimble-sized (See Thai lust for farang monster cock). Pity the careless sex-tourist who forgets to bring an adequate supply. A Thai pharmacist would probably advise him to slit open a fertilizer sack.
It seems that farang calls to "supersize me" have finally reached Mr Mechai's ears. He's responded by promoting a new "international" sized condom which will be handed out free to tourists arriving at Bangkok airport during the global AIDS forum in July. Here's the full story from AFP, entitled "Thai tourists to get free condoms."
Tourists travelling to Thailand will be greeted with an "international" size condom along with the traditional smile in July to mark a global AIDS forum in Bangkok, a Thai senator said.
Senator Mechai Viravaidya said larger condoms would be handed out for free at the airport while a choice of sizes would be on offer in some taxis, the main train station and at freeway toll booths throughout the July 11-16 International AIDS Conference.
"There will be two sizes. A larger international condom and a smaller local one," Mechai told AFP, adding "but if a local feels they need an international condom then they will certainly be given one."
June 10 2004
Crack-head Pete Docherty treated in Thailand
Pete Docherty: Likes crack
Pop star Pete Docherty, from The Libertines, wouldn't piss on us if we were on fire but he needs our sympathy as he battles his crack addiction at a monastery in Thailand. Run by an ex-marine, the Thamkrabok Monastery in Saraburi is reportedly the World's toughest drug rehab centre. According to The Sun newspaper, this will be Pete's daily routine.
Bamboo floggings
Poison and puking
Prayers
Manual labour
Piped in tapes of Buddhist monks chanting
Rice and water
What a bunch of sissies. The tough new Mango Sauce Rehab Clinic in Bangkok offers a far harsher regime. If he signs up, tragic Pete Docherty will be bundled into a tuk tuk at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport and taken on a white-knuckle ride through rush hour traffic to our clinic in the semi-flooded basement car park of a partially completed office building at Asoke Junction (stopping off at various jewellery retailers at the driver's discretion).
Our team of highly trained staff were previously employed as waiters at Tony's Entertainment Complex in Pattaya (See Tony's Pattaya: Nightmare on Walking Street) and have considerable experience of inflicting torment on hapless farangs. Under harsh strobe lighting, they will pester Pete to breaking point while Tata Young's hit single Sexy Naughty Bitchy is played at high volume on a continuous loop.
May 22 2004
Mother seeks justice for murdered son
A Canadian mother is seeking justice for her son who was murdered in Pattaya 15 years ago.
His killers are known but they've never been brought to trial.
The Nation's Phil Macdonald takes up the story.
Joe Gaal, a 29 year-old Canadian photojournalist, was brutally murdered in Pattaya in April 1989. At the time he was staying at the Ocean View Hotel, owned by Wolfgang Urlich and his partner, Lothar Kroehn.
Urlich, who was once described by a prominent Thai politician as the worst foreign criminal living in Thailand, was extradited from Thailand to Germany a few years ago.
Kroehn's years of involvement in mafia activities in Pattaya lead him to be declared persona non grata by the Thai government. He now lives in the Malaysia, from where German Interpol is seeking his extradition.
At the time of his death, Gaal was covering the Afghan-Soviet War. He had come across a story and started asking questions certain people did not want asked - especially those involved in the drugs trade in the city.
Through a middleman, possibly Kroehn, a hit was organised. Gaal was lured to his death by a treacherous girlfriend.
Mid-ranking Pattaya police officers were also involved.
Photographs obtained by his mother, Arlene Gaal, show Joe suffered terribly before his death. He was severely beaten. His skull was fractured and his tongue was cut out.
May 20 2004
Miss Thailand Universe outslutted by Miss Venezuela
I never thought the day would come when I'd prefer to shag a farang instead of a Thai but just imagine my dismay when I caught sight of this Miss Universe 2004 publicity photo. On the left is Miss Thailand, Morakot Aimee Kittisara, and on the right is Miss Venezuela, Ana Karina Anez Delgado.
Slutty Miss Venezuela looks like she could suck a football through a hosepipe. Whether or not she wins the Miss Universe crown is irrelevant. She's already won a Golden Mango for "Contestant most likely to go like a steam hammer" and I can't wait to present it to her in a glittering awards ceremony broadcast by webcam from the bedroom of my shabby Bangkok apartment - whenever she's free.
Miss Thailand won't be collecting any gongs from Mango Sauce, though. She's reasonably attractive but only in a "my daddy is rich and I went to Chulalongkhorn" kind of way. Her ridiculous white skin could have been applied with an emulsion brush and she hardly looks Asian at all. In fact, she looks worryingly like my Welsh auntie.
May 13 2004
Thai PM to sex-up Liverpool FC
Mop-topped Mango Sauce reader Captain Merseyside has asked me to explain the implications of the Thai PM's surprise decision to buy Liverpool FC.
As the Thai Government is buying into Liverpool FC, I think its time you kindled some interest in footy. I reckon if you pass yourself off as a Liverpool fan you'll be beating even more birds off with a shitty stick. To test out my theory, I shall be posting you an LFC shirt together with an encyclopedia on Liverpool football club (you'll need to bone up otherwise you might get found out). I shall also be emailing you some of my favourite Kop chants and pictures of Michael Owen et al for your bedroom wall.
I am surprised however that with what is an appalling human rights record here in Britain, the Thai Government seem so keen to become involved with an English club. I'd be interested in your views on this.
According to mamasan Gerard Houllier, Liverpool's legendary Anfield stadium will soon be renamed Scally Reds Brookside A-Go-Go and the bar fine will be set at 500 baht - rising to 1,000 baht on match days.
Stars like Michael Owen will be performing 500 baht blowjobs in the naughty boy's corner (formerly known as the Kop Grandstand) but, when the crowd nears its capacity of 45,000, fans might be unable to "score" with their favourite "superstar" and may have to settle for one of "tammadaa" members of the squad or even the "sideline" players on the bench.
Fans will also be able to purchase ping-pong balls at 20 baht each. When they throw them onto the pitch, the lucky player who scoops them up will get 15 baht a ball. Cynics suggest that this could interrupt the flow of play but the management argues that the extra player income will allow Liverpool to attract quality talent without incurring a Leeds United-style wage bill.
April 17 2004
Bangkok Post's non-PC boom boom teaser
As the noose of political correctness and media censorship grows ever tighter in Thailand, it was nice to see yesterday's Bangkok Post enjoying a little subversive fun. Look at this mincer's name and then try telling me that he got his daft blue face in the paper because of his critically acclaimed performance.
March 14 2004
Cruel and unusual?
Disturbing news about the War on Terror from Mango Sauce reader, David.
Saturday's Bangkok Post carries the story of one of the Britons, suspected of being an al- Qaeda terrorist, who was recently released from Guantanamo Bay. He recounts how when the Americans wished to punish or humiliate a prisoner they would force the inmate to watch a local prostitute cavorting with no clothes on. He is quoted as saying "It was a profoundly disturbing experience."
If this form of punishment catches on, it could add a new dimension to being sent to the naughty boys' corner. Imagine the scene:
Husband to wife: "Honey - I'm very sorry I forgot to buy you something for your birthday."
Wife: "You're a very wicked man. I'm going to punish you by sending you to Pat Pong for four hours to watch girls dance with no clothes on. That will make sure you don't forget next year!"
When you've been naughty, why can you never find an imaginative CIA interrogator when you need one?
March 3 2004
Thai bars to close at 1am - yes, really!
Here we go again. The Cabinet has backed down on midnight closing. All nightspots will now close at 1am - both inside and outside the designated entertainment zones. In other words, the new zoning regulations have been set aside in favour of an across-the-board 1am shutdown.
Then it gets complicated. Deputy Interior Minister Pracha Maleenond says that only existing nightspots will escape the new zoning regulations. I take this to mean that any new bars opened outside the designated entertainment zones (Patpong, Ratchadaphisek and New Petchaburi) will be forced to close at midnight.
Then it gets even more complicated. Torphong Chaiyasarn, a deputy government spokesman, says that the new zoning policy will only be applied to penalise nightspots which break the law - for example, by allowing in under-18s or closing late. I take this to mean that the Thai police can, at their discretion, close any selected bar at 12pm - so long as it's located outside the zones. For the boys in brown and their tea-money fund, Christmas has come early.
February 27 2004
Thai elephant dodges murder charges
Dealing with the misbehaviour of your wayward offspring is possibly the most troubling aspect of being a Thai politician. When your son casually murders an innocent passer-by, the dilemma is whether or not you should use your political influence to help him escape punishment.
Now it seems that the rot has spread to over-privileged domestic animals. On Wednesday, a 20-year old bull elephant belonging to MP Chai Chidchob trampled his handler to death during an argument about females.
Eyewitnesses report that he was behaving inappropriately in front of two cow elephants when mahout Thai Yamdee, 40, tried to have a quiet word in his huge ear. Forgetting his manners, the pissed-off pachyderm stomped him. It was a crime of passion.
February 11 2004
Thai bars to close at midnight
It's official - Thailand's bars will close at 12pm from March 1. A few specified zones, including Patpong, are exempt but Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy are not. The move is unwelcome for fun-loving farangs but it comes as no surprise to observers of Thai politics.
The nightlife clampdown is just one part of the Thai government's increasingly authoritarian agenda. For example, it announced yesterday that, from March 29, a 10pm curfew will be imposed on the under-18s - unless they are accompanied by their parents.
Thailand's lurch towards authoritarianism comes as a result of the electoral success of the ultra-nationalist Thai Rak Thai party. It promised Thai voters economic growth and cheap healthcare plus a clampdown on drug use and antisocial behaviour. Against all the odds, it delivered but some of the methods employed were extreme. For example, the war on drugs was won by shadowy death-squads who executed thousands of suspected dealers.
January 27 2004
Thailand bird flu deception unravels
For over a week, chicken has been off the menu at my local noodles stand. It turns out that the toothless old lady who runs it was dealing with the bird flu epidemic better than the Thai Government. Yesterday, after weeks of clumsy deception, the death of a child finally made them admit that bird flu is rampant in Thailand.
David Byrne, the EU consumer protection commissioner, visited Thailand last week and made a tit of himself by declaring the country free of bird flu. It turns out that he was hoodwinked by the Thai authorities. Like many visiting farangs, he discovered that it's not just bar girls who like to massage the truth. Yesterday, through a spokesperson, he delivered this stinging rebuke:
January 7 2004
Thai Elephant gets false teeth
Thailand can now claim a world first. This week, vets fitted dentures to an 80-year old Asian cow elephant called Morakot. The ailing beast had been unable to eat and was rapidly wasting away.
In the wild, most elephants die not of old-age but of starvation caused by tooth decay. Having only one trunk, it's difficult for them to floss - but this isn't the real cause. Eating too much roughage wears their teeth down. Your teeth would wear down too if you ate trees all day.
Morakot's keepers, at the Chang Phuan Kaeo elephant ground in Kanchanaburi province, are hoping that the replacement choppers will give the clapped out pachyderm a new lease of life.
15cm wide and 15cm long, the U-shaped denture is made from stainless steel, silicone and plastic. It looks like the heel of a clown's boot. With any luck, it will propel her to a grand old age but I hope she remembers to take it out before she gives her mate Jumbo a blow-job.
December 23 2003
Thai bars to close at 10pm?
As part of Thailand's ongoing social order crusade, Interior Minister Wan Muhamad Nor Matha is considering closing nightspots at midnight instead of 2am. He said "Too many people under 20 are going to the bars where they spend money recklessly and lose their virginity."
Don't worry, Minister. I've seen plenty of fellas spending their money recklessly but I'm fairly certain that none of them are virgins.
Surprisingly, this move is a compromise. The ruling Thai Rak Thai party wants closing time brought forward to 10pm. If implemented, the measure would cripple the already troubled tourist industry.
Sex-tourists will always come to Thailand. In fact, early closing would act in their favour by eliminating the need to pay barfines. However, families might chose to holiday elsewhere. Once they have put the kids to bed, mum and dad will want to do something better than watch a crap HBO movie in their room.
December 18 2003
Cabbies rob female tourists
Female tourists should take care when they hail a taxi in Bangkok. Two women have recently been brutally robbed by yellow-green taxi drivers.
Last month, Japanese Airways stewardess Yoshimi Noguchi was shot by her driver close to Siam Square and dumped beside the road. She survived but lost a kidney. On Monday, Lee Yan Chuan from China was injured when her driver knocked her down on the motorway during an attempted robbery.
In spite of an intense manhunt, both men are still at large. Alarmed at the possible impact on Thailand's tourist industry, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is considering doubling the penalty for robbers who injure tourists.
There are 30,000 yellow-green taxis plying Bangkok's streets. For the time being, visitors might be well advised to choose taxis painted with different colours.
December 1 2003
Sex ban shock for Thai MPs
MPs of the ruling Thai Rak Thai party may soon be faced with the unenviable prospect of shagging their own wives. Party Chairman, Somchai Sunthornwat, announced yesterday that the party's candidates will, in future, be "untainted by adultery." Maybe he should have consulted his colleagues first.
Nonthaburi MP Suchart Bandasak said "It's a man's personal right to visit massage parlours or have more than one wife. I'm afraid that if they really implement this kind of rule, they will find no man suitable to be the party's candidate." Bangkok Senator Wallop Tangkhananurak said "What will the party do? Sack every MP caught with a mistress or visiting a massage parlour? And what about MPs who own entertainment places and massage parlours?"
Even the nation's women can't take the proposal seriously. Thicha na Nakhon, a leader of the Women and the Constitution Network, said "The ruling party must not make this kind of promise for fun. Once it has been made, the people will remember and watch. Considering the nature of Thai men, this could be the most difficult pledge of all."
Don't you just love political debate in Thailand? Clearly, Bill Clinton was born in the wrong country.
November 22 2003
Thai Culture Minister's nipple clamp down
Following its daft ban on songs about extramarital sex, the Thai Culture Ministry is now in a tizzy about nipples popping out on the fashion catwalk. Culture Minister Anurak Jureemas warned Elle magazine against a repetition of Elle Bangkok Fashion Week 2003, in which some models sported plunging necklines.
"We will seek legal amendments to make sure bare breasts are illegal and that both the models and the media are held accountable" said Ladda Tangsupachai, director of the ministry's cultural watchdog centre.
The Minister also ordered the Thai police to act but, sensibly, Police Chief Sant Sarutanond gave his proposal a lukewarm response.
Lecturing others about morality is a risky business - particularly for politicians. Who can forget the back to basics decency campaign launched by Britain's last Conservative Government? It was all quietly dropped in 1994 after the auto-erotic asphyxiation of Tory MP Stephen Milligan. He was found dead, tied to his kitchen table with a plastic bag over his head. Worse still, he was wearing women's stockings and suspenders. However, the most memorable feature of the case was the orange discovered in his mouth.
November 10 2003
Serious blow for Singapore cop
A Singapore police sergeant was jailed this week for getting a blow-job from a woman he met through an internet chatroom. Oral sex is illegal under Singapore law, which states that "whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animals" can be jailed for up to 10 years - or even for life.
Even though the cop's girl willingly sucked him off, the silly cow later filed a police report - getting him banged up for 2 years. Before we get too smug about the silly legal antics of Johnny Foreigner, it's worth remembering that similar laws prevailed in the west until the late 1960's. Britain repealed its anti-blow-job laws in 1967. It wouldn't surprise me if getting gobbled is still illegal in some US States.
In a couple of weeks, I will be doing a quick Singapore visa run. During the short turnaround at Changi Airport, I will be keeping my trousers firmly buttoned to ensure that accidental carnal intercourse against the order of nature doesn't land me in Changi Jail.
Crazed Thai cop kills civilian
It hasn't been a good week for police sergeants. Yesterday, at his Chonburi police station, Sgt Somkuan Riying went berserk and shot an innocent civilian. The unprovoked attack led to a five hour stand-off as fellow officers tried to talk him down. Eventually, they sent in his sister and grabbed him as he hugged her.
November 4 2003
Thai PM poised to buy Fulham FC
Thaksin to buy Fulham
Proving that real life is stranger than fiction, it emerged this week that Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wants to buy Fulham Football Club. He has already had talks with the owner, Egyptian tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed. 10 billion baht is reportedly on the table but Al Fayed says he's not selling.
Mr Thaksin reckons that a precedent has already been set by the purchase of Chelsea by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Like his fellow countrymen, the PM would probably prefer Manchester United or Liverpool but even billionaires (50 billion baht in his case) have to count the pennies. He said that he would be asking other Thai businessmen to chip in.
Mr Thaksin might soon be standing on the touchline at Craven Cottage wearing a camelhair coat but will he ever allow foreigners to own businesses in Thailand? That really would be unbelievable.
October 26 2003
Storms lash Southern Thailand: 24 feared dead
The Navy is still looking for the crew of a fishing trawler that sank during the recent storms. Severe flooding is affecting the whole region and all southern train routes have been closed. The resorts of Cha-am and Hua Hin were particularly badly hit.
Tourists stranded on the islands of Koh Tao and Koh Phangan had to be rescued by the Navy because the sea was too rough for ferries to operate.
Baby killer charged with murder
Nongnuch McKavinny, the cheating wife who dumped her baby in a Sukhumvit garbage bin, has now been charged with premeditated murder following the child's death (See previous report).
Naturally, women's groups are queuing up to assist her and the search is on for a male scapegoat. Police are looking for her Thai lover, identified as taxi driver Sayan Champa. You have to feel sorry for her British husband that he got mixed up with this low-life.
October 20 2003
Cheating Thai wife throws baby in garbage
Baby killer: Nongnuch McKavinny, 23, from Roi-et
Last Friday, Nongnuch McKavinny, 23, from Roi-et dumped her 5 day-old baby in a Bangkok garbage bin. The boy sustained severe brain damage and is not expected to live. Her husband is British but he wasn't the child's father.
She dumped the infant because she was afraid that her foreign husband would divorce her. The real father was her Thai lover, a 26 year-old Roi-et taxi driver. Yesterday, she was arrested her at her father's house in Roi-et and taken to Lumpini police station in Bangkok where she was charged with attempted murder. It emerged that her family were fully aware of her actions.
The milking of gullible farangs by money-grabbing bitches and their conniving families is commonplace. This case is unusual only in that she was prepared to kill her own baby to keep the scam going. The reports don't reveal whether she used to be a bar girl but she chose to dump the child outside Robinsons Sukhumvit in the heart of the Bangkok's red-light district. I hope they throw the book at her.
October 12 2003
Buriram schoolgirl kidnap hoax exposed
Last week, four Buriram schoolgirls put the Nation into shock when they said that a gang of kidnappers had tried to drag them into a white van. They claimed to have heard the screams of other children inside. This week, they confessed that the story was a pack of lies.
It's surprising that anyone took them seriously. Buriram girls do have a well-deserved reputation for telling fibs but more importantly there is no motive. For the price of a TV set, countless local parents have already sold their daughters to traffickers. Kidnapping is quite unnecessary.
Clean-up measure backfires
In a bid to impress foreign visitors to the APEC summit, authorities have been busy hosing human vermin from the streets. Unfortunately, the forced deportation of 600 Cambodians was criticised as "a step backward" by the US State Department because some of them were child victims of human trafficking. Congress will have to take the incident into account when deciding aid, trade promotion and investment in Thailand. Stunned Thai leaders were expecting gratitude.
Extent of corruption revealed
In spite of its booming economy, Thailand scored poorly this week in the definitive international survey on corruption. Transparency International (TI) awarded it just 3 out of 10. Corruption isn't all bad though. If your car is stuck at a red light, you can make it go green just by running over to the police box with 200 baht. I bet you can't do that back home.
October 6 2003
Jesse Jackson to visit Bangkok
Jesse Jackson
Rev Jackson will be asking "Can the United States become a force for peace?" at Thammasat University auditorium on November 6th. More than 10 Nobel Prize laureates will also be speaking. If you are down in Patpong later that evening, watch out for a sharply-dressed African American whooping it up with a bunch of elderly egg-heads.
Ministry may register sex workers
In a controversial move, the Justice Ministry is considering legalising the sex trade and creating a register of prostitutes. If the register were to be made public, I wonder if it would include phone numbers and photos too.
Bland reception for APEC delegates
Meals prepared for the APEC delegates will be tested by experts from the Medical Science Department. Its chief, Dr Somsong Rakpao, said "we will make sure no seasoning powder is added to the food because foreigners are very sensitive to the substance and it could cause them to faint or feel dizzy."
After a night out on the drink, I sometimes feel a bit dizzy myself. Armed with Dr Somsong's advice, I now blame that fella who sells the burgers outside Nana Plaza. The cheeky bugger must be adding salt and pepper.
September 28 2003
Survey reveals that Thais enjoy the best sex
Patcharapa "Um" Chaichua
Thais don't make love often but are very satisfied, according to the annual Durex global sex survey.
An astonishing 92% of Thai respondents said they were happy sexually - making them the world's happiest lovers. The most miserable were the Russians who only managed 56%. Imagine Mr and Mrs Brezhnev in action and the reason becomes clear.
Compared to the world average of 127, the amorous French have sex most often at 152 times a year. In contrast, the Thais only manage 105. Perhaps the infrequency of their lovemaking reflects the need to save up first. Thailand is in the top three for paid sex. However, their satisfaction seems to confirm that they get what they pay for.
This year, actress Patcharapa "Um" Chaichua (pictured) was voted Thailand's sexiest woman.
Bangkok cabbies join war on terror
In advance of the APEC summit, cab drivers have been instructed by the Metropolitan Police to quiz foreign passengers. "Normally terrorists will keep quiet if you talk to them" explained Pol Maj Noppasilpa. Instead of being driven to massage parlours against their will, shy passengers will now end up at the cop shop.
September 21 2003
Thai college Lolitas arouse lustful hacks
Thai college Lolitas
Yet again, on some flimsy pretext, the Bangkok Post leads on the provocative uniforms worn by female university students. Thai men like their girls young. Though unremarkable to western eyes, the tight shirts and split skirts favoured by the students always get noticed.
It's thought that deeply shocked male journalists pen their diatribes before rushing off to Petchburi Road for a calming massage.
Hambali shoots only his mouth off
Caged terror suspect Hambali continues to sing like a canary to his CIA interrogators. This week he named the US-owned Conrad and JW Marriott hotels in Bangkok as al-Qaeda targets. He also confirmed that terrorists possess US-made shoulder-launched Stinger missiles and have plans to attack commercial airliners at Don Muang airport. Wise travellers might consider avoiding US carriers.
Security at the airport is compromised by a golf course beside the runway. Popular with the great and the good, calls for its closure have been ignored for years. Jets are occasionally struck by balls. Let's hope a terrorist doesn't whip something more deadly out of his golf bag.
State aid to have strings attached
Prime Minister Thaksin has proposed a new scheme to allocate farmland to the rural poor. This time, safeguards will be put in place to prevent them from selling it on to rich landowners. Rather than dirty their needy hands, the beneficiaries of previous schemes preferred to sell up and invest the proceeds in booze and loose women before queuing up for another plot.
September 14 2003
Bangkok's stray dogs prepare for APEC summit
Bangkok soi dog
Next month's summit will bring leaders from the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum to Bangkok - including US President George W Bush. As part of a massive security operation, 3,000 American agents are already here.
Tough measures already in place include a crackdown on "showing" in go-go bars. Bashful delegates and their hangers-on are to be protected from exposure to nipples as they trawl red-light districts for hookers.
Other measures include packing Bangkok's rough sleepers off to remote temples and rounding up stray dogs. Aside from the concerns of some abbots, the relocation of street folk has attracted little criticism. However, many Thais have given the street dogs shelter in their homes while the catchers are at work. As with ugly bar girls, they boot them out only when the coast is clear.
September 7 2003
Sleaze busters mauled by vice girls
Chuwit Kamolvisit
As the feud between police and massage magnate Chuwit Kamolvisit continues, it emerged this week that undercover cops are working overtime to bring vice charges against his masseuses. Evidence is gathered by fucking them rotten for two hours before slapping on the cuffs. Workaholic plods are said to be queuing 10 deep to bang these young women to rights.
Vocational students swap books for guns
The bullet-riddled body of Surapong Songsawad, 22, was found face-down in a Lumpini Park ditch after a student brawl. Trouble flared when vocational students from rival colleges clashed at the Suan Lum Night Bazaar anti-piracy concert. For over 30 years, ministers and academics have struggled to tackle the culture of student violence. Researcher Sudjai Sukha argues that the Education Ministry should encourage private and state schools to improve ties by organising joint activities. May I suggest a rumble in the car park of the Rama IV Tesco Lotus this Friday night - dress code casual, firearms optional?
Hi-tech terrorists beamed-up to face justice
Four suspected JI operatives have been arraigned in the Criminal Court for plotting terrorist attacks on westerners in the Kingdom. The Government repeatedly assures us that there is no terrorist threat in Thailand. Perhaps we'd better call The Discovery Channel. Bodies that both exist and don't exist at the same time are normally only observed in exotic particle physics.
Thai troops arrive to rebuild Iraq
The first batch of 21 Thai military technicians has arrived in Iraq to help US forces with reconstruction. There is no truth whatsoever in reports that they will be overseeing the construction of a new watering hole for weary US Marines - Desert Storm A-Go-Go.
August 31 2003
Thai girl fingers sticky pussy
Thon Buri resident Narisa Saitham, 26, came face-to-face with a leopard in her second floor dressmaking shop. Picking up a broom, she tried to shoo the big cat out. "Instead, it jumped on my broom and wouldn't let go. It was making so much noise I decided to call for help," she said. Police, assisted by a vet from Dusit Zoo, later captured the beast. With adhesive properties like that, I would have kept it as a fridge magnet.
Gratification delayed for Purachai
Deputy Prime Minister Purachai Piumsomboon
Deputy Prime Minister Purachai Piumsomboon is best known for his frequent official visits to the girlie-bars popular with westerners (well, wouldn't you?) though, bizarrely, he has always goaded the dancers to purrum-on rather than gerrum-off. We also have Mr P to thank for Thailand's 2.00am bar curfew. Now our Decency Tsar has been invited by the ruling Thai Rak Thai party to contest the Bangkok Governor election next June. If he accepts, Bangkok may slip a few more places down the world party-town rankings but, for now, he remains uncharacteristically tight-lipped.
Top US envoys shit themselves
A major terror alert was sparked this week when a speeding pick-up truck crashed through the wall of the heavily-guarded US Embassy compound on Wireless Road. It emerged later that the driver, lawyer Chao Meekhuad 36, was neither a terrorist nor a drunk but merely an ordinary bloke driving in typical Thai fashion. He was fined B1,000 ($24/£15) and sent on his way.
Wife killer walks free
The suspended sentence and 50 hours of community service handed down by the Criminal Court to former lecturer Pipat Lueprasitsakul 45, for the brutal murder of his wife, was upheld by the Court of Appeals. Convinced that she was being unfaithful, he battered her to death with a golf club at their Sukhumvit home late on July 17, 2001. The Court felt that he wasn't a bad guy but only did wrong out of anger and jealousy and should be allowed to walk free. That's ok then. I wonder if my ex-wife would fancy coming over for a golfing holiday.
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