Monthly Archives: July 2006

Bangkok Tattoo (novel by John Burdett)

July 10, 2006 – 1:04 am

John Burdett once more takes the reader on a visit to Bangkok’s underbelly with the hero of his first novel BANGKOK 8. Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep knows the good the bad and the in-between of his district having been brought up by his whoring mother in Pat Pong, who now runs the Old Man’s […]

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Daring Robbery in Satthahip

July 7, 2006 – 11:20 am

A solo gunman whacked a Satthahip gold shop for 120 baht of Gold. He fired one shot into the ceiling and snatched the heavyweight chains. The robbery took less than a minute. Police arrived long after the perp had escaped on a motorbike, leaving no one hurt in his wake. Police theorized the armed youth had […]

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The Cup (World Cup fever hits Thai temples)

July 4, 2006 – 10:19 pm

Yesterday’s Bangkok Post reported that Buddhists are upset about monks’ dedication to the world Cup rather than their spiritual duties. Worshippers have arrived at the temples to find the monks exhausted from viewing the late-night games and have complained that this is not the way to enlightenment. Mostly women are taking issue with this, since Thai […]

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