Category Archives: Bangkok

A Shot in the Dark

May 17, 2010 – 7:44 am

Maj-Gen’Seh Daeng’ had boasted to the media that his ‘red-shirts were willing to die for the Thaksin cause of overthrowing the elite classes of Thailand. An unknown sniper proved Major-General Khattiya Sawasdipol was a man of his word with either a bullet to the chest or head. The protesters have sworn to revenge their renegade […]

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The Red Renegade of the Red Shirts

May 10, 2010 – 8:37 pm

Retired Thai General Khattiya “Seh Daeng” Sawatdiphol has been supporting the ‘red shirt’ rebellion in Bangkok. His presence creates fear amongst the ranks of the army officers pitted against the Thaksin backers, for the General has terrifying reputation for coldblooded violence dating back the the Vietnam War when he led Thai rangers against the Pathet […]

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The Dead Tell the Truth

May 2, 2010 – 8:38 pm

I’ve never fired a gun in anger. My violence takes form in fists and bats. Living in Thailand was a lesson in patience. For all their smiles the Thais are seething with a murderous streak awaiting the right opportunity to cut close and this last week during a confrontation with red-shirt protesters, an exchange of […]

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F for Fake and Fucked

April 27, 2010 – 7:02 pm

Computers have created impassable hurdles for outlaws and this week Thai Immigration officials arrested a suspected 21-year-old British national on her departure at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Her travel document was awash with errors such as the misspelling of Suvarnabhumi and departures from said airport prior to its opening. Police have detained the young lady with a […]

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Danger Danger

December 1, 2009 – 12:37 pm

La-wang means danger in Thai and the Nation released a police report on Bangkok’s most dangerous areas. The number ran into the thousands. I’ve been going to the Thai capitol for years without any threat of danger other than several bad decision to jaywalk on Sukhumvit. Bangkok is a big city and big city’s have […]

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