Swathes of the Thai capital were declared a ‘live firing’ killing zone by the army yesterday, as the death toll in Bangkok rose to 22 after days of violent protest.And last night Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said his security forces would not retreat.As troops attempted to quell the trouble, they fired live rounds at hundreds […]
A rogue army general who saw himself as a ‘Braveheart’ was last night shot by a sniper as he was giving an interview to a New York Times reporter in Bangkok.Major General Khittaya Sawasdipol had taken the side of the red-shirted anti-government demonstrators, organizing their defences in the centre of the city. He is on […]
Battle for Bangkok From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok, May 14 2010 Pictures: Andrew Chant Camera crowd over red-shirt ‘shot after lighting up soldier’ with laser Troops opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in Bangkok again today causing one fatality and injuring 23 as they tried to close gaps on a blockade to force the protesters into surrender. […]
From Andrew Drummond, BangkokApril 26th Britons stranded in Bangkok since the Icelandic volcano erupted last night accused international airlines of being devious, dishonest, and telling outright lies, to avoid their responsibilities to their passengers.As some Britons slept for the eighth night at Suvarnabhumi International airport with only a trickle finding seats back to London the […]
FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK The British prison inmate who fathered Samantha Orobator’s baby in a jail in Laos has been sent back to Britain as part of the new Prisoner Transfer Treaty with the communist country, it was confirmed today. But although Orobator will only serve only 18 months of her life sentence for drugs […]
From Andrew Drummond, BangkokApril 11 2010 Tourists, among them scores of Britons, joined a mass exodus from Bangkok today (Sunday) in the wake of bloody anti-government demonstrations in which 19 died and over 800 were injured. Millions headed to the country for the New Year holiday and to escape a city ravaged by red-shirted supporters of ousted […]
FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOKMarch 30 2010Pictures: Berm, Chiang MaiRoger Pettit A British pensioner, who allegedly trawled the Northern capital of Chiang Mai for hill tribe children, today faces the rest of his life in jail after being seized on drugs and child sexual abuse and charges. Roger Leslie Pettit, 67, from Brighton, who police said had a history […]
FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND,BANGKOK, MARCH 28 2010The visit by Unite Chief Derek Simpson to a Bangkok sex bar was ‘inappropriate and regrettable’, a Thai labour leader said in Bangkok today.Following revelations that Simpson, Joint Secretary General of Unite, which is leading the British Airways strike, went to a bar called ‘Playskool’ with a union colleague while […]
Scots sex club kings lose fight to have brave journalist jailed March 26 2010 Above is how the Scottish Sunday Mail reported my court victory over James Lumsden in what has become the MacMafia libel case. And linked here is a story in the Glasgow Herald describing my fight against dubious businessmen in Pattaya. THE […]
FROM ANDREW DRUMMONDBANGKOK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 2010 Keith Burbage wanted his money back 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 fight back after losing a ₤40,000 deposit […]
Andrew Drummond is a British independent journalist and occasional television documentary maker. He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Observer and The Times.