Hanoi (dpa) - Former glam-rock star Gary Glitter, currently serving a prison term in Vietnam for child molestation, is being treated for heart problems in a local hospital, Vietnamese officials confirmed Monday.
"Glitter was admitted to our hospital with acute diarrhaea," said Nguyen Huu Quang, the director of the hospital in Binh Thuan province, near the prison where the 63-year-old British singer is serving out his sentence. "While we were treating him, we found out that he also has a cardiovascular disorder."
Glitter was initially admitted to the hospital on January 4, according to a hospital official. Quang said Glitter was under police guard in his hospital room, and that it was unclear when he would be healthy enough to release.
But the director of the prison where Glitter has been held said he expected the singer to return to jail soon.
Glitter was convicted in 2006 of molesting two Vietnamese girls, ages 12 and 13, while they visited his rented home in the seaside resort town of Vung Tau, 50 kilometres east of Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vietnamese girls, who were 11 at the time of the crime, said that Glitter lured them into taking baths with him and that he fondled and licked them.
Glitter's sentence of two years and nine months will end in August.
The singer, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, made his name with such 1970s hits as Rock and Roll (Part 2) and Do You Wanna Touch.
He has denied he is a paedophile and said his conviction was orchestrated by the media.
Once known for his bouffant wigs and outrageous stage persona, the singer began his long fall from grace with a 1999 child pornography conviction in Britain after a computer repairman discovered a large collection of photos on his laptop computer.
After serving several months in prison, he left Britain and lived in both Cuba and Cambodia before he was forced to leave both countries under a cloud of media suspicion and child-sex rumours.
There has been speculation that Glitter might be released as part of the annual prisoner amnesty preceding Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, in early February.
"We are working on a list of prisoners who will have their sentences reduced on the occasion of the Tet holidays," said Tran Huu Thong, director of the Thu Duc Detention Center, where Glitter had been jailed. "I am not sure whether he is on the list or not."
Friday, January 25, 2008
Heath Ledger found dead in New York apartment
ACTOR Heath Ledger was sick with pneumonia when he died, TMZ.com has reported. The 28-year-old was found dead this morning in a New York apartment.
The Perth-born actor was discovered naked and surrounded by pills about 3.30pm Tuesday local time (7.30am Melbourne time). His body has been removed from his New York apartment and wheeled into the back of a medical examiner's van. A huge crowd of news photographers gathered outside the apartment in the Soho building lit up the scene with flashes as authorities wheeled his body on a trolley from the complex into the van. New York police officer Martin Brown said investigators will likely not know the cause of death until an autopsy is held on the 28-year-old's body. Asked if foul play had been ruled out, Officer Brown said it had not. "That's what needs to be investigated," Brown said. "It takes a while.
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"The medical examiner will do an autopsy and they will determine the cause of death." ..pe Ledger's body was discovered by his housekeeper, who came to tell him his masseuse had arrived for an appointment. They entered his room and found him unconscious. "It's all preliminary at this stage," Brown said. "We had a call for an unconscious male at 421 Broome St. "At 15.26 (New York time) we got to the scene and there was an unconscious male. "We called EMS (ambulance) to the scene and EMS pronounced the unconscious male dead."Police officers today stood guard at the Soho apartment building as a crowd of photographers gathered outside. Asked about reports of the pills in Ledger's apartment, Brown said: "I can't confirm that but I've heard the same thing.'' Police initially said they believed the apartment to belong to American actress Mary-Kate Olsen, 21, who is believed to be in Los Angeles. A US website more recently reported that a "source close to Ledger" had denied the apartment belonged to Olsen. It is not yet clear why Ledger was staying in the apartment or how long he had been there.When the masseuse arrived, the apartment housekeeper knocked at Ledger's door to tell him but there was no response. The housekeeper and masseuse went into Ledger's bedroom and found him naked and unconscious in bed. They tried to revive him but with no success, and immediately called the authorities.
When paramedics responded, the actor was in full cardiac arrest. They attempted to perform CPR on him but were unsuccessful.
Ledger was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Brokeback Mountain and had numerous other screen credits.
He stars in the coming The Dark Knight Batman movie as the Joker, and also in the Oscar-nominated biopic I'm Not There, taking one of the roles of Bob Dylan.His death comes during the making of his latest movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam and in which he was to star alongside Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits.One of Ledger's most criticallyacclaimed roles was as a heroin addict in the 2006 Australian movie Candy, in which he starred with Australian Abbie Cornish. He split from his partner, Michelle Williams, with whom he has a daughter, in September 2007.
The Perth-born actor was discovered naked and surrounded by pills about 3.30pm Tuesday local time (7.30am Melbourne time). His body has been removed from his New York apartment and wheeled into the back of a medical examiner's van. A huge crowd of news photographers gathered outside the apartment in the Soho building lit up the scene with flashes as authorities wheeled his body on a trolley from the complex into the van. New York police officer Martin Brown said investigators will likely not know the cause of death until an autopsy is held on the 28-year-old's body. Asked if foul play had been ruled out, Officer Brown said it had not. "That's what needs to be investigated," Brown said. "It takes a while.
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"The medical examiner will do an autopsy and they will determine the cause of death." ..pe Ledger's body was discovered by his housekeeper, who came to tell him his masseuse had arrived for an appointment. They entered his room and found him unconscious. "It's all preliminary at this stage," Brown said. "We had a call for an unconscious male at 421 Broome St. "At 15.26 (New York time) we got to the scene and there was an unconscious male. "We called EMS (ambulance) to the scene and EMS pronounced the unconscious male dead."Police officers today stood guard at the Soho apartment building as a crowd of photographers gathered outside. Asked about reports of the pills in Ledger's apartment, Brown said: "I can't confirm that but I've heard the same thing.'' Police initially said they believed the apartment to belong to American actress Mary-Kate Olsen, 21, who is believed to be in Los Angeles. A US website more recently reported that a "source close to Ledger" had denied the apartment belonged to Olsen. It is not yet clear why Ledger was staying in the apartment or how long he had been there.When the masseuse arrived, the apartment housekeeper knocked at Ledger's door to tell him but there was no response. The housekeeper and masseuse went into Ledger's bedroom and found him naked and unconscious in bed. They tried to revive him but with no success, and immediately called the authorities.
When paramedics responded, the actor was in full cardiac arrest. They attempted to perform CPR on him but were unsuccessful.
Ledger was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ledger was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Brokeback Mountain and had numerous other screen credits.
He stars in the coming The Dark Knight Batman movie as the Joker, and also in the Oscar-nominated biopic I'm Not There, taking one of the roles of Bob Dylan.His death comes during the making of his latest movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam and in which he was to star alongside Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits.One of Ledger's most criticallyacclaimed roles was as a heroin addict in the 2006 Australian movie Candy, in which he starred with Australian Abbie Cornish. He split from his partner, Michelle Williams, with whom he has a daughter, in September 2007.
Cop 'executed my best friend'
Officer 'hit me, shot Leo twice, then fired at me'
Published on January 8, 2008
A young Canadian woman told yesterday how a Thai policeman shot dead her best friend in Pai in the North, then shot another bullet into his heart as he lay on the ground.
Carly Reisig, 24, said the policeman had no grounds at all for the attack - and that after he shot fellow Canadian John Leo del Pinto, the officer turned his gun on her and shot her in the chest.
Speaking from her bed in hospital in Chiang Mai, Reisig, from Chilliwack, British Columbia, rejected a police statement that suggested Sgt-Major Uthai Dechawiwat, 37, had intervened to break up a fight and his gun had discharged in a struggle.
She pointed to her chest where the bullet was lodged close to her own heart.
"There never was a fight. That is not true," she said. "John was my ex-boyfriend, but still my best friend. We had nothing to argue about. We had been drinking in the Be-Bop Bar in Pai and were heading for a last drink at the Bamboo Bar near the bridge.
"We were walking together. My Thai boyfriend Fuen was walking slightly behind.
"A man came up to me on
the road near Pee Dang's Restaurant and hit me for no reason.
"My face was painted with face paint, for fun, but I don't know why he hit me. We had never met him before, never seen him before. We were unarmed and walking down the road after a good night out.
"He was dressed in plain clothes, a white T-shirt. Leo shouted at him, 'You can't hit her!' and pushed him away from us. Then the man went to his motorbike and got his gun, and Leo tried to get it away from him.
"They had a struggle for the gun, then the man got control of the gun and stepped back and shot Leo directly in the face.
"Leo fell to the ground and the man pointed the gun at his heart and fired a second shot. Then he turned around to me and aimed for my heart and shot me in the chest.
"I blacked out and when I came to I saw Leo lying dead on the road beside me. My lungs filled up with blood and I couldn't breathe.
"I went to Pai Hospital and then to a hospital in Chiang Mai. They had to put a tube into my lungs to drain the blood so that I could breathe again.
"I can't believe that my best friend is dead and I've got a bullet right beside my heart.
"I have never been married, I am not pregnant. Leo was my ex-boyfriend from Canada. He had arrived in Pai a few days before to see me."
Sitting by her bed was her boyfriend Rattaporn Vara-wadee, an artist nicknamed Fuen.
He said: "Nothing we did gave this man the right to take lives. We are angry now and we need help and a good lawyer. We are shocked to hear that the policeman is already out on bail."
Asked again if they had been fighting, she replied: "Not at all, he was my best friend." She had spoken to del Pinto's family and said: "They are not doing well."
Suchart Pantai, the owner of Be-Bop Bar, said he saw the couple and Fuen leave his bar at about 1am. "There was no fighting. But I heard from other sources that they were play-fighting as they walked."
Reisig has been in Thailand for a year, leaving occasionally on visa runs. She has worked in Canada with physically and mentally handicapped people.
John Leo del Pinto, also 24, from Calgary in Alberta in west Canada, was a former music student who earned a living as a promoter and concert organiser.
Uthai Dechawiwat has been charged with murder, manslaughter and attempted murder, but the version of events issued by police in Pai is at total variance with Miss Reisig's story.
Case investigator Pol Lt-Colonel Sombat Panya said the couple had been drinking in a local pub and had become involved in a drunken brawl after del Pinto, who recently arrived in Thailand, found that Reisig was pregnant to a Thai man known as Fuen.
The couple continued arguing after they left the pub when Uthai arrived at the scene, near a bridge, on personal business. Uthai approached them and asked them to be calm but both foreigners turned to attack him.
The officer said Uthai was beaten to the ground by the couple. After managing to get up, Uthai pointed his service pistol to threaten away both foreigners, but del Pinto tried to snatch the pistol from him. After a scuffle, shots were fired and the couple went down.
Last night Graham Arscott, the father of Vanessa Arscott, 23, who was gunned down in Kanchanaburi with her boyfriend Adam Lloyd, 24, by Police Sgt-Major Wisetsingh said: "So sad. I feel so terribly sorry for this young man's family."
In the River Kwai case, Wisetsingh shot the couple dead in a fit of rage after being beaten to the ground by Lloyd, who it is believed thought the policeman was trying to hit on his girlfriend.
Like the Kanchanaburi case, the killing in the idyllic tourist village of Pai has the semblance of another police "loss of face" execution.
Andrew Drummond
Special to The Nation
Published on January 8, 2008
A young Canadian woman told yesterday how a Thai policeman shot dead her best friend in Pai in the North, then shot another bullet into his heart as he lay on the ground.
Carly Reisig, 24, said the policeman had no grounds at all for the attack - and that after he shot fellow Canadian John Leo del Pinto, the officer turned his gun on her and shot her in the chest.
Speaking from her bed in hospital in Chiang Mai, Reisig, from Chilliwack, British Columbia, rejected a police statement that suggested Sgt-Major Uthai Dechawiwat, 37, had intervened to break up a fight and his gun had discharged in a struggle.
She pointed to her chest where the bullet was lodged close to her own heart.
"There never was a fight. That is not true," she said. "John was my ex-boyfriend, but still my best friend. We had nothing to argue about. We had been drinking in the Be-Bop Bar in Pai and were heading for a last drink at the Bamboo Bar near the bridge.
"We were walking together. My Thai boyfriend Fuen was walking slightly behind.
"A man came up to me on
the road near Pee Dang's Restaurant and hit me for no reason.
"My face was painted with face paint, for fun, but I don't know why he hit me. We had never met him before, never seen him before. We were unarmed and walking down the road after a good night out.
"He was dressed in plain clothes, a white T-shirt. Leo shouted at him, 'You can't hit her!' and pushed him away from us. Then the man went to his motorbike and got his gun, and Leo tried to get it away from him.
"They had a struggle for the gun, then the man got control of the gun and stepped back and shot Leo directly in the face.
"Leo fell to the ground and the man pointed the gun at his heart and fired a second shot. Then he turned around to me and aimed for my heart and shot me in the chest.
"I blacked out and when I came to I saw Leo lying dead on the road beside me. My lungs filled up with blood and I couldn't breathe.
"I went to Pai Hospital and then to a hospital in Chiang Mai. They had to put a tube into my lungs to drain the blood so that I could breathe again.
"I can't believe that my best friend is dead and I've got a bullet right beside my heart.
"I have never been married, I am not pregnant. Leo was my ex-boyfriend from Canada. He had arrived in Pai a few days before to see me."
Sitting by her bed was her boyfriend Rattaporn Vara-wadee, an artist nicknamed Fuen.
He said: "Nothing we did gave this man the right to take lives. We are angry now and we need help and a good lawyer. We are shocked to hear that the policeman is already out on bail."
Asked again if they had been fighting, she replied: "Not at all, he was my best friend." She had spoken to del Pinto's family and said: "They are not doing well."
Suchart Pantai, the owner of Be-Bop Bar, said he saw the couple and Fuen leave his bar at about 1am. "There was no fighting. But I heard from other sources that they were play-fighting as they walked."
Reisig has been in Thailand for a year, leaving occasionally on visa runs. She has worked in Canada with physically and mentally handicapped people.
John Leo del Pinto, also 24, from Calgary in Alberta in west Canada, was a former music student who earned a living as a promoter and concert organiser.
Uthai Dechawiwat has been charged with murder, manslaughter and attempted murder, but the version of events issued by police in Pai is at total variance with Miss Reisig's story.
Case investigator Pol Lt-Colonel Sombat Panya said the couple had been drinking in a local pub and had become involved in a drunken brawl after del Pinto, who recently arrived in Thailand, found that Reisig was pregnant to a Thai man known as Fuen.
The couple continued arguing after they left the pub when Uthai arrived at the scene, near a bridge, on personal business. Uthai approached them and asked them to be calm but both foreigners turned to attack him.
The officer said Uthai was beaten to the ground by the couple. After managing to get up, Uthai pointed his service pistol to threaten away both foreigners, but del Pinto tried to snatch the pistol from him. After a scuffle, shots were fired and the couple went down.
Last night Graham Arscott, the father of Vanessa Arscott, 23, who was gunned down in Kanchanaburi with her boyfriend Adam Lloyd, 24, by Police Sgt-Major Wisetsingh said: "So sad. I feel so terribly sorry for this young man's family."
In the River Kwai case, Wisetsingh shot the couple dead in a fit of rage after being beaten to the ground by Lloyd, who it is believed thought the policeman was trying to hit on his girlfriend.
Like the Kanchanaburi case, the killing in the idyllic tourist village of Pai has the semblance of another police "loss of face" execution.
Andrew Drummond
Special to The Nation
only cause i have to put in a subject but there is no subject so just move along nothing to see
now this is something i havent done for a while is just crap on, which is how i started in this game in the first place, but then people i didnt know actuallys tarted to read it so i kinda changed it a bit to be a bit more informative, and educational, but lately ive just been thinkin bout the last few years since i moved to this country, and you wouldnt believe how much ive actually learnt about myself, ive also been able to slow in my head a lot more, and have been able to reflect upon how i have done some things, i just keep saying man that was stupid, but then ive been able to learn from them, but very slowly, and im coming up to the ned of a contract i dont wish to continue, so i will therefor have to look for a new job soon, but thats cool, but i was also think bout what i read on somelses blog about anger and how useless and stupid is, but how powerful it can be, it is really one of those useless emotions which drains so much energy, when in the end it gives you nothing, but i am actually quite happy at the moment theres nothing i want and im happy just doin what im doin,
has Australian cricket finally gone down the toilet??? or do they just hate Indians
Now an Indian man has been banned for 3 matches for calling an Australian a "monkey", now come on what is going on in that country, are Australians becoming racist, egotistical children, Ive never seen such idiotic behaviour, and most of it stems from the fact that the young Indian is so damn good at bowling, Australians have been trying to beat and bully him, hoping he will quite or stay home, for years, it seems that Australia only wants to play them, if they know they will win, what happened to just playing cricket, and leaving everything that happens on the pitch, on the bloody pitch. Have Australians serioulsy become so childish, cause I know for a fact that Australians have been using far worse language than that, and if u really want to get down to it arent we all just monkeys any way, i mean there isnt much difference between us them any wa, or has the game so much about buisness that all they are thinking about is the money and their reputation. what is going in that country, just let the guy play, he's one of the best bowlers cricket has seen for decades all Australia want to do is kick him out, and its disgusting that none of the Australians players have not come out and condemned this ban from the start, which only goes to prove what I have already said.
its so sad seeing how much parents drain their own children, but is it really there fault???
So much stress and pain is bought down upon children because of their parents of lack of success, and a childs inability acknowledge or even understand what parents have to go thoru and do to raise children. But this should never be the case how can any child understand what their parents had to do, its never gonna happen. What happen to unconditional love, parents are suppossed to love and take care of their children, not abuse and srain them for their own gain and lack of self esteem, but they are just products of their environment, can you really blame any one these days, what happened to the simples things like love your enemy, forgiveness, throwing stones, and just simple compassion for living beings, we are all just trying to get along, we all bleed, we all cry, we all laugh, so why do we always have to hurt each other???
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