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Australia: Time to end the SIEV-X sinking conspiracies

By Gavin Atkins Thu, Oct 20, 2011 4:30AM UTC View Comments

It is the 10h anniversary of the sinking of the SIEV-X, and the conspiracy theorists are once again out in force. For those not up to speed, 10 years ago, a rickety boat carrying more than 350 asylum seekers that set off through the Sunda Straits promptly sank, barely 70 kilometres from Java, and 1500...

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Tongue-Thai’ed! Part II: Suthep, HRW and who killed JFK?

By Siam Voices Wed, May 04, 2011 6:10PM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut “Tongue-Thai’ed!” is the new segment on Siam Voices, where we encapsulate the most baffling, amusing, confusing, outrageous and appalling quotes from Thai politicians and other public figures – in short: everything we hear that makes us go “Huh?!”. Check our first entry here. Some backstory before we dive into the quote: I initially...

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Thailand journalist death: More criticism of DSI probe

By Siam Voices Thu, Mar 03, 2011 9:00AM UTC View Comments

By Saksith Saiyasombut The most recent findings of Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) that the death of Japanese cameraman Hiro Muramoto during the clashes in Bangkok last April was not caused by the military draws more criticism (see our most recent coverage here and here). Both the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reuters have voiced...

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Thailand’s DSI: Cameraman not killed by soldiers during 2010 protests

By Siam Voices Sun, Feb 27, 2011 10:00AM UTC View Comments

An altar set up for the late Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto during a farewell service in Tokyo on Sunday April 18. Pic: AP.

By Saksith Saiyasombut The Department of Special Investigation has revealed new evidence regarding the death of Japanese Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto, who was killed while covering the violent clashes on April 10 last year during the red shirts protests, that re-interprets the circumstances: The army is breathing a sigh of relief after a Department of Special Investigation...

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