March 2013

DODGY PROPERTY COMPANY SAYS THE BBC ATTEMPTED TO BRIBE –  A BBC Panorama programme based on David Ames and the Harlequin Property group has been postponed following claims that the producer had offered a Harlequin consultant a bribe. The programme called: “The Great Savings Wipeout” was planned to be an exposé of David Ames and […]

-WAR WAGED OVER CUMBERLAND FAT BOY ! First it was Pie Wars – that’s when Britain’s merchants of steak and kidney and chicken pies went to war in Pattaya, Thailand, and police were called to a punch up in Jomtien on the eastern seaboard where fists (and snooker cues) flew and guns were drawn. Now […]

AND HOW REFORMED IS BURMA  (MYANMAR) REALLY? The abuse of the Rohingya in Burma continues. At the same time foreign companies and tourists are flooding in to the newly reformed country. Well just how reformed is it? Where are the forces in Burma defending this minority, whose very right to existence seems to be denied? […]

 £1 MILLION SPENT ON 2 DAY PROMOTION ATTENDED BY THE PRIME MINISTERS OF ST. LUCIA AND ST.VINCENT. HAVE PATTAYA OFFICIALS LUCKED OUT? (In the British sense of the expression) Intrepid local paper sleuth John Austin of the Basildon Echo in the U.K. is pressing on with his enquiry into the locally based Harlequin Property Company […]

THAI FILM FESTIVAL – NO TRANSPARENCY CLAIM -Flying Sporran Culture- I am hearing grumbles about the heavily promoted Thailand Film Destination Festival which begins next month. A competition was organized to bring 100 film makers from around the world to Thailand. It appears just 48 are from overseas, and 33 of those from south east […]

 THAI AUTHORITIES HUNT DOWN BRITISH JOURNALIST AGAIN, er, SORT OF, MAYBE, er, NOT. -Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary- Just back from a weekend on the beach on Samet with the kids to find that Drew Noyes, Thailand’s most famous American, is still burning the midnight candles churning out anti-andrew-drummond stuff on his computer. He latest offering […]

THAI POLICE FALSELY ACCUSED- The Burmese girls shown in the video being beaten up at an undisclosed location thought to be in Thailand were in fact being attacked by men from their own country for bring shame on it, it is claimed. And the video was allegedly shot in Malaysia. A translation of the video […]

VIDEO SHOWS CYNICAL AND CALLOUS TREATMENT OF BURMESE WOMEN – BUT WHO EXACTLY WERE THE ASSAILANTS? A video apparently showing men beating up Burmese prostitutes in Thailand is set to go viral on the net. The video provoked outrage in Thailand where it was first aired on Thai TV having been picked up from Youtube. […]

A CAUTIONARY TALE This is a story I cannot write. Or at least I cannot say where, when, and who were the victims.  It could put a British family in Thailand ‘on holiday’ in more danger than they already are.  But I can give you an outline and give this warning: “Be very careful about […]

-International campaign against Thailand’s seafood industry sizzles as – MAN THROWS HIMSELF INTO GULF OF THAILAND FOR STORY- Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary Thailand’s fishing industry, particularly in the area of prawn cultivation took another massive knock today with an article on Mail Online, which boasts 105 million unique visitors a month, taking a massive swipe. […]