From ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkokFebruary 24 2012‘A Flying Sporran Enquiry’ American con-man Drew Noyes claimed he had a high security clearance to meet members of the Thai Royal family and a prestigious award from Thailand’s Queen Sirikit. He claimed he had a Thai police award for marksmanship, an award for completing sky-dive and parachute training, and also that special Queen […]
WAR DRUMS BEAT ON THAI EASTERN SEABOARD AS ANGRY BRAVE CANCELS POW WOW ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK February 19 2012 A native American who invested a million baht in a Pattaya newspaper is on the warpath after all he got was a useless press card and a jacket.The Californian ‘Red Indian’, who has asked to be referred to simply as […]
The Grey Man – Police Probe From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK,February 18 2012 BITTER SWEET CHARITYThe Grey Man Posed Picture To Raise Funds – the headman called the kids togetherThe Australian charity – The Grey Man – which raised funds on the alleged rescue of 22 Akha Hill tribe children in Chiang Rai last year – claiming […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK, February 18 2012British police investigating the rape and murder of Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones, who was just 23 when she was brutally murdered and raped in a Chiang Mai guest house, are back in Thailand trying once again to catch her killer.Detective Chief Superintendent Steve Wilkins, of Dyfed Powys Police has […]
Bangkok Diary RESTRAINING ORDER, DIVORCE, LIBEL & CYBER BULLY WRIT FOR PATTAYA’S CHIEF ‘FOREIGN ADVISOR’ The Flying Sporran – February 12 2012 Off to the American Chamber of Commerce Installation Ball at the Grand Hyatt Erawan to see if I can get my own picture of Thailand’s greatest living American with U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney. But alas, Drew […]
Murdered pensioner was dying anyway From ANDREW DRUMMOND,Bangkok, February 10, 2012 A Thai wife and her lover are to appear in court in Prachuap Khiri Khan later this month to face charges of setting up the murder of British pensioner Raymond Hind in the resort of Hua Hin in 2010.Bunnag Hind, 40, nicknamed ‘Fon’ and […]
February 2 2012 COMMENT I have been deleting a lot of posts over the last 24 hours, a sure sign that I am not in touch with a lot of my readers here, many of whom seem to have drifted in fromThai Visa.com. The issue was of course Kanokrat Booth who has been protesting outside […]
THAI WIFE VISA REJECT THREATENS TO KILL HERSELF Bangkok, February 1 2012 Angry demonstrators rallied outside the British Embassy today as a Thai woman married to a retired Scottish kilt-maker threatened to kill herself outside the mission on St. Valentine’s Day.Supporters gathered around Kanokrat Booth, 42, waving banners saying ‘Stop Judging Thai People’ and ‘Marriage is […]
AMBUSH BRIT FIGHTS FOR LIFE A ‘Flying Sporran Inquiry’ Hua Hin February 1 2012 Justine Ayling and her husband Paul took their 12-yr-old son to Thailand for a new life and to be close to Paul’s retired parents. They designed and built their own luxury home and enjoyed the balmy weather and beautiful beaches of Hua […]
Vets are hoping surgery will now give Meow the tiger a normal life Pictures ANDREW CHANTWords: ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkok, Thailand For Scottish Daily Mail 30th January 2012 A young Scots vet Louise Wilson, 29, more used to dealing with pet cats in Aberdeen, found herself face to face in surgery with a 150 kilogram Asian tiger today after […]
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.