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Lindsay Murdoch

Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Based in Bangkok, Lindsay has been formerly posted to Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.

Former general says 'influential people' help Thai human trafficking

Lindsay Murdoch In a country where ruling generals deal harshly with critics, Thailand's media have bravely condemned threats to sue a top policeman who has claimed in Melbourne that "influential people" are...

Thai police may sue fugitive ex-general over people smuggling claims

Thai soldiers patrol near government buildings last year after the army seized power.

Lindsay Murdoch High-ranking investigator into human trafficking has sought asylum in Australia, creating diplomatic dilemma for Canberra.

Child sex offender Peter Dundas Walbran at home in Thailand's poorest region

Peter Dundas Walbran on the Facebook page of the Narinukun international School in north-eastern Thailand in a photo taken in June 2015.

Lindsay Murdoch Peter Walbran arrived in Thailand's poorest region eight months ago with a dark secret.

Antonio Bagnato ordered death of underworld figure Wayne Schneider: Thai police

The late former Hells Angel Wayne Schneider, right.

Lindsay Murdoch Thai police believe Sydney underworld figure Wayne Schneider was murdered on the orders of his personal Australian bodyguard Antonio Bagnato over a personal conflict.

Convicted child abuser Peter Dundas Walbran arrested teaching at Thai school

Peter Dundas Walbran on the Facebook page of the Narinukun international School in north-eastern Thailand in a photo taken in June 2015.

Lindsay Murdoch Police have detained Peter Dundas Walbran, who was jailed in 2012 over the rape and molestation of Indonesian boys as young as eight.

Australian man Antonio Bagnato arrested following murder of ex-Hells Angel in Thailand

The late former Hells Angel Wayne Schneider.

Ava Benny-Morrison and Lindsay Murdoch in Bangkok A key suspect in the kidnapping and murder of former Sydney Hells Angel bikie and underworld figure Wayne Scheinder in Thailand has been arrested in Cambodia.

Islamic State plotting attacks in Thailand: reports

An Islamic State fighter waves a flag while standing on a captured government fighter jet in Raqqa, Syria, this year.

Lindsay Murdoch Security raised around Thai tourist frequented by tourists from countries participating in air strikes against terror group.

American confesses to being involved in murder of Wayne Schneider in Thailand

American Tyler Gerard, 21, was arrested as he attempted to cross the Thai border into Cambodia.

Lindsay Murdoch Police say they have identified the former Sydney Hells Angel bikie's killers in a major breakthrough into investigations into alleged Australian criminal networks operating in Thailand.

Key suspect in murder of Wayne Schneider has fled Thailand, police say

Hells Angel member Wayne Rodney Schneider outside Central Local Court, Sydney, in 2008.

Lindsay Murdoch, Rania Spooner, Cameron Houston A key suspect in the murder of former Australian Hells Angel bikie and underworld figure Wayne Rodney Schneider has fled Thailand, police say, citing Thai immigration records.

Hunt for abducted bikie Wayne Schneider in Thailand turns into murder probe

Wayne Rodney Schneider was one of NSW's 10 most wanted in 2006.

Lindsay Murdoch Victoria's notorious globetrotting bikie boss Amad "Jay" Malkoun has found himself at the centre of the violent abduction and murder of a former Sydney Hells Angels member in Thailand.

Womanising Philippines mayor Rodrigo Duterte standing for president

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao city in southern Philippines talks to supporters prior to addressing the crowd on his proclamation as the presidential candidate of the PDP-Laban political party on Monday.

Lindsay Murdoch A 70-year-old crime fighting mayor who boasts about his womanising and praises the extrajudicial killings of drug dealers has emerged as a leading contender for the Philippine presidency.

Former Hells Angels gang member kidnapped from his home in Thailand

Hells Angel member Wayne Rodney Schneider outside Central Local Court, Sydney, in 2008.

Lindsay Murdoch A former Australian Hells Angels motorcycle gang member has been beaten unconscious and kidnapped at gunpoint from his home in Thailand.

Fifth refugee transferred to Cambodia from Nauru under $55M resettlement deal

Cambodia-based Mohammed Ibrahim sought in vain to meet a misidentified

Lindsay Murdoch Political divisions are dragging country Canberra says is a safe for refuges towards a "dangerous tipping point", UN warns.

Australia's 'Rohingya' refugee in Cambodia wrongly identified, returns to Myanmar

Phnom Penh. Cambodia is still a poor country.

Lindsay Murdoch Australia may have classified man a refugee to bolster the numbers for its failing refugee return scheme, Human Rights Watch says.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy delays returning to Cambodia

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has said he

Lindsay Murdoch Opposition leader says he will return 'in the next few days' after being advised not to arrive late at night.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy defies jail threat to 'rescue' Cambodia

Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), in Phnom Penh in August.

Lindsay Murdoch Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy has declared that for the sake of his nation he will return to Phnom Penh despite facing a two year jail sentence on a politically motivated defamation charge.

Malcolm Turnbull will be spared the sight of beggars on Manila's streets

A Filipino checks his smartphone on Sunday, in front of the logo of APEC 2015 in Manila

Lindsay Murdoch The poverty on the streets of Manila shocks first time visitors. But Malcolm Turnbull and other world leaders will be spared the sight when they attend this week's summit of the Asia Pacific Economic...

Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy faces arrest

Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy, centre, faces arrest if he returns to his country as early as Monday

Lindsay Murdoch Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy faces arrest if he returns to his country as early as Monday, plunging the impoverished south-east Asia country back into political conflict.

Aung San Suu Kyi wins Myanmar election in landslide victory

Aung San Suu Kyi

Lindsay Murdoch Aung San Suu Kyi has officially been declared the winner of Myanmar's election, making history in the once hermit nation ruled for half a century by brutal dictators.

Myanmar's future: Aung San Suu Kyi urges comrades-in-arms to abandon suspicion

Police officers read a copy of the newspaper, Democracy Today, in Yangon on Wednesday.

Lindsay Murdoch Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged her millions of supporters to overcome their fears of Myanmar's powerful army following her party's landslide election victory.