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Thai police have now arrested a former staff member at Australia’s embassy in Bangkok. The arrest follows the discovery of of hidden “spy” cameras in the embassy’s female bathrooms. The former embassy staffer was arrested last month. At this stage it is not known how long the cameras had been in place, what they recorded or whose privacy has been violated by the discovery. The cameras were only found after an SD card (digital recording card) was found on the floor of the female bathrooms. The cameras were allegedly pointed towards the female showers and toilet cubicles. Australia’s Department of […]

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This should make anyone question the entire security setup at the Australian Embassy. How many other hidden cameras and audio devices are there secreted around the embassy capturing confidential data? How much data has been stolen and sold to 3rd parties? Has anyone filmed in the embassy been blackmailed? Really sloppy security that didn’t find this particular camera and computer in the 4 years it was running. This pervert or opportunist should be charged with violating the Computer Crime Act and face up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to 200,000 baht. Hopefully the filth merchant has his Australian passport revoked and his bank accounts thoroughly examined.

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The new Embassy building was completed in 2017 - I would say they have been in place ever since then.  The chances of placing them after constructing would be extremely low - far more likely it was all done in the construction phase.  It is very hard to see or detect such devices when placed behind/inside walls and other such places. The camera devices did not 'transmit' their recording, as that would have been picked up. Clearly it required someone going there and replacing the SD card on a regular basis - which he/she obviously dropped on the floor one day/night. 

As an Australian citizen, this bloke could well be deported to Australia to face our very severe laws in regards to this matter. The laws in regards to such matters are not anywhere near as harsh in Thailand. I bet there is negotiations going on in the background about taking him to Australia to face trial where he would probably get 10-15 years in gaol. 

Citizenship cannot be 'revoked' for committing a crime in Australia, but as far as I am aware, it can be revoked for someone who is a dual-citizen when their first citizenship rights were from another country and they have not relinquished when getting the Australian citizenship.  Maybe he will serve 10-15 in Australian and THEN have his citizenship revoked and be back deported to Thailand 😁  Then again - a few years in the hell that it Thailand gaols, is far worse than 10 years in the 1/2 star hotel system we call gaols in Australia.  

Right now as we speak, every single female toilets in every Aust Govt Department building or Embassy he visited or ever worked in, are being/have been scanned for hidden cameras. 

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3 hours ago, AussieBob said:

Right now as we speak, every single female toilets in every Aust Govt Department building or Embassy he visited or ever worked in, are being/have been scanned for hidden cameras. 

And every male & disabled toilet hopefully. And all the showers and the lockers and the offices and and and….. And they should have an outside security company checking their IT infrastructure and people security infrastructure and implementing full auditing processes as this guy was one of their IT staff. Who knows what other shenanigans he and others got up to. 

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5 hours ago, AussieBob said:

As an Australian citizen, this bloke could well be deported to Australia to face our very severe laws in regards to this matter. The laws in regards to such matters are not anywhere near as harsh in Thailand. I bet there is negotiations going on in the background about taking him to Australia to face trial where he would probably get 10-15 years in gaol. 

Or ….. Just try him for treason, as he was Spying 🕵️♂️ on Australian Soil.  …. Well in all uses of the word, he was spying …. 

Whilst in the past treason was punishable by death, the modern treason offences in Australia carry a penalty of mandatory life imprisonment.

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3 minutes ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

Or ….. Just try him for treason, as he was Spying 🕵️♂️ on Australian Soil.  …. Well in all uses of the word, he was spying …. 

Whilst in the past treason was punishable by death, the modern treason offences in Australia carry a penalty of mandatory life imprisonment.

Hee hee - better still - try him for treason in Thailand - I believe the death sentence still applies in Thailand for the offence of treason. 

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Stories like this always make me wonder what happens to these offenders--esp thai on thai

Thats the real story------the final chapter!!!!    tired of the headlines with no closure....

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