http://www.andrew-drummond.com Journalist covering Bangkok, Thailand and Southeast Asia Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:56:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a blog only I have been a journalist for, well donkeys’ years, and don’t think I have been compelled to report on a suicide, though I may have written about some star or starlet overdosing. But here in Thailand the Pattaya Daily News is continually and distastefully breaking new ground ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/03/22/the-art-of-good-suicide-reporting/ BY ANDREW CHANT, Bangkok Link to New Statesman link to Press Gazette Link to Society of Editors Scots sex club kings lose fight to have brave journalist jailed March 15 2010 A British journalist, who exposed the activities of two Scots – nicknamed the ‘Gay MacMafia’- in the Thai sex resort of Pattaya, has been cleared of ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/03/16/andrew-drummond-cleared-in-thai-macmafia-libel-trials/ FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND BANGKOK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 2010 [caption id="attachment_2312" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Keith Burbage wanted his money back"][/caption] This is the face of British retired executive Keith Burbage. The former director of ‘The Stationery Office’  was beaten after pulling out of a house purchase deal in Thailand. Burbage, 56, now retired, had decided to ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/03/10/hua-hin-property-news-briton-who-fought-back-beaten-close-to-death/ This is a blog only   Two weeks or so ago STV – Scottish Television - went with a story about how a 64-yr-old Scots engineer Allan Hyne – had been abandoned to die from an unknown virus in Thailand in a pauper’s hospital with nobody to take care of him. The television ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/03/03/thai-angel-aw-haud-your-whisht-says-scots/ FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK, FEBRUARY 27 2010 Link to Sunday Mail Scotland   A SCOTS engineer said to have weeks to live has stunned doctors by making a recovery - helped by his Thai partner. Allan Hyne    , 64, is to be discharged from a hospital in Thailand having got over a brain bug, ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/02/28/scot-saved-by-the-hand-of-a-thai-angel/ First the Royal Marines: - Now retired 'Para' is struck down in Thailand’s jet ski war From ANDREW DRUMMOND , BANGKOK, February 20 2010 A 61-yr-old retired paratrooper from Walsall has become the latest victim in a ‘jet ski war’ which has claimed hundreds of tourist victims in Thailand. Last night David Marshall, ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/02/22/jet-ski-thugs-a-disgrace-to-thailand-says-injured-ex-para/ NB: Parahawking continues in Nepal despite the threat. For up to date information contact Scott Mason through his website - www.parahawking.com Link to Daily Mail Link to Evening Standard Pictures: Scott Mason From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, February 17 2010 Londoner Scott Mason, the ‘Birdman of Dagenham’, who runs a vulture rescue centre in the Himalayas, ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/02/18/birdman-of-dagenham-himalayan-grounding/ From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Monday February 15 2010   The British Foreign Office has issued a diplomatic note to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs covering a letter expressing fears that an attempt made be made to abduct an 11-yr-old pupil at an international school in Bangkok.  The move followed a complaint by John Goodman, 50, ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/02/16/british-diplomatic-note-over-possible-abduction-of-bangkok-international-school-pupil/ Link to Sunday Mirror 'British drug baron's luxury life From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Feb 7 2009 Pictures by Andrew Chant and Hua Hin News [caption id="attachment_2103" align="alignleft" width="179" caption="Darren Oxley"][/caption] A wealthy Briton who skipped bail during his high profile trial for drugs dealing has been able to live the ‘high life’ in Thailand due to incompetence and ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/02/07/british-drug-barons-luxury-thai-life-on-the-run/     This is a blog only So there I was singing ‘The wheels of the buss go round round, round, round’ to  daughter Annie when my computer whirrs, coughs, spits, rings a bell and up comes that name again, flashing on screen…Peter Storrow. [caption id="attachment_2048" align="alignleft" width="249" caption="Blog at www.andrew-drummond.com"][/caption]   Readers of this blog ... http://www.andrew-drummond.com/2010/02/06/on-her-majestys-pattaya-service-continued/