Prosecution for the VDO makers of Jet Ski extortion.
PHUKET, Thailand: --A video production company that was part of the shooting of a video about tourists who were been extorted from has been prosecuted for sending the recordings abroad for broadcasting without permission. The vdo made was about the extortion practices in the Jet Ski Business allegedly going on on Patong Beach.
The police in Thailand traced the vdo tapes to Black Sheep Productions, Wanasiri Morakul, director of the Thailand Film Office which comes under the Tourism and Sports Ministry, explained.
The UK company had produced a series of vdo's entitled 'Big Trouble In Thailand' for Bravo All News station which is also in England. Black Sheep Productions admitted it owns the copyright for the recordings.
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http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/2404.
-- Bangkok Post 2009-09-18
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