BBC correspondent Jonathan Head has criminal defamation suit dropped in Thailand
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#304H0)
Lawyer drops charges agains Head, the broadcaster's south-east Asia reporter, but another Briton still faces prosecution
A Thai lawyer has dropped his criminal defamation suit against a BBC correspondent who investigated foreigners being scammed of their retirement homes in the country, the broadcaster has said.
Jonathan Head, the BBC's south-east Asia correspondent, faced up to five years in jail after his report exposed how two foreign retirees had Phuket properties stolen from them by a network of criminals and corrupt officials.
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