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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.
South China Sea: experts clash over China threat to commercial trade
Lindsay Murdoch China's building up of artificial islands "not naked aggression", former Australian intelligence analyst says
Fears of terrorist merger from 'poison' in south-east Asia
Jewel Topsfield, Lindsay Murdoch, Daniel Flitton A merger of terrorist groups pledging allegiance to Islamic State in the Philippines could signal a new threat to the region should radicals from Indonesia also join forces, according to an expert on...
Woman bitten on the nose by python during snake show in Phuket
Lindsay Murdoch Video of a python that suddenly attacked a Chinese tourist at a snake show on the resort island of Phuket has spread quickly across Thailand's social media.
Terror groups form Islamic State powerhouse in the Philippines: video
Lindsay Murdoch Four Islamic terrorist groups in the southern Philippines have merged to form a satellite extension of Islamic State, according to a video posted online.
'You need to be white to win': skin-whitening campaign causes uproar
Lindsay Murdoch A cultural insight or ignorance? Thai women are obsessed with products promising a lighter complexion.
South China Sea dispute: Vietnamese subs deployed as deterrent to China
Lindsay Murdoch The first of Vietnam's new advanced Kilo-class submarines have begun patrolling disputed waters of the South China Sea, as deterrents to China's 10 times-bigger navy.
Australian scientist Jane Taupin questions Koh Tao death penalty evidence
Lindsay Murdoch An Australian forensic scientist has questioned key DNA evidence that led to two migrant workers being sentenced to death for the gruesome murders of two British backpackers on an idyllic Thai island.
Thai resort double murder: death sentence for two migrant workers
Lindsay Murdoch Defence lawyers point to lack of significant evidence as two young men from Myanmar are found guilty.
Don't fall into Cambodia's orphanage trap, Australians told
Lindsay Murdoch When she first went to Cambodia, Tara Winkler set up a centre that housed children. Now she's telling others not to make the same mistake.
Brunei bans Christmas celebrations in public, including wearing Santa hats
Lindsay Murdoch Lighting candles, putting up Christmas trees, singing religious songs, sending Christmas greetings and putting up decorations could get you up to five years jail.
Cambodia: too many orphanages, not enough orphans
Lindsay Murdoch The number of orphanages across Cambodia has doubled in the past five years, while the number of orphans has dramatically decreased. What is going on?
Charged: Khmer Rouge commander Meas Muth allegedly sent two Australians to their deaths
Lindsay Murdoch The Khmer Rouge commander who allegedly sent two Australian yachtsmen to Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng interrogation centre, where they were tortured and killed in 1978, has been formally charged...
Thailand's junta chief urges fugitive whistle-blower Paween Pongsirin to come home
Lindsay Murdoch Thailand's junta leader has urged runaway human trafficking whistle-blower Paween Pongsirin to return to Bangkok from Melbourne, promising to punish any influential figures who threatened to kill him.
Thai schools ordered to improve scrutiny of foreign teachers after Walbran arrest
Lindsay Murdoch Thai authorities have ordered schools to carry out urgent background checks on the country's foreign teachers after convicted paedophile Peter Dundas Walbran was discovered teaching in north-eastern...
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
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
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
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
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
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.
