As if the latest revelations around the arrests of core figures in the Royal Thai Police for corruption and the palace connection is not depressing enough for Thailand it seems there is no end to authors revealing their ‘truth’ about the country. Looking at the state of Lt-General Pongpat Chayapan, the former head of the […]
NOW YOU CAN SOLVE HOW THE THAI GIRLFRIEND MURDERED HER ENGLISH HUSBAND IN A BANGKOK TOURIST ATTRACTION! Flying Sporran’s Weekly Diary It’s very highly rated on tripadvisor. But I am not sure whether it’s just a passing fad. Something called ‘Escape Hunt’ has been listed as one of the favourite things to do in Thailand. […]
CASE READY SAYS PROSECUTOR Prosecutors in Thailand may put the two young Burmese accused of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on trial and convict them before Scotland Yard’s independent findings are made public. Chief Prosecutor Paiboon Achawananthakhun has announced on the island of Koh Samui that after sending the case back three […]
FATHER FIGHTS FOR HIS LAST CORNER OF BED AS IPADS AND IPAD CHARGERS TAKE ON THE MANTLE OF THE TRIFFIDS Ok this is a little diversion. And this has got to be every parent’s problem too. The iPads rule OK. Now I am fighting with my two year old for my iphone. This picture was […]
PROMISING YOUNG BRIT, 24, ‘TOOK HIS OWN LIFE’ ON SECOND DAY OF HOLIDAY IN THAILAND. USED GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO ANSWER POLICE QUESTIONS. Khao Sarn Road Police ‘wanted 400,000 Thai baht’ – claim Thai police yesterday declined to be questioned on the death of a young Briton while in their custody in Bangkok on the second […]
SHARKY’S PEACE PACT WITH POLICE SOUNDS SHAKY A short film showing Tim ‘Sharky’ Ward’s battle with police in Pattaya has been put up on the net by Australian based ‘Sneaky TV’. The quote above is an abbreviated quote from an interview which forms a basis for the film. The film pulls no punches, unlike Sharky, […]
‘The international community is watching the activities of these people in disbelief” Police in Thailand were today asked again to take a closer look at the activities of fake barrister Brian Goudie, who opened a legal firm in Thailand called Alba Laws after being sentenced to six years in Australia for theft. Goudie right. Not […]
INTERNET WARRIORS SUED FOR 5 MILLION BAHT Hanks, Noyes and Goudie, photoshopped as the ‘Three Stooges’ Drew Walter Noyes – an American in Pattaya, who is appealing a two year jail sentence for extortion, together with David Hanks, another Pattaya resident and former brothel owner in Melbourne were today given until December 9th to answer […]
GOLD AND CASH STASH WORTH BILLIONS FOUND IN HOME OF HEAD OF CENTRAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU The nerve centre of the Royal Thai Police was operated as some sort of Crime Incorporated according to reports today, as some of its most powerful officers were brought before the Bangkok criminal court on corruption charges. The former chief […]
THAILAND SINGLED OUT IN SHOOTING CASE IN BAD WEEK FOR FCO. Britain’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office has been condemned by MPs for failing to offer acceptable levels of help to Britons in trouble abroad, according to a report in today’s Observer. The Foreign Office which has had its budget substantially slashed has even failed to […]
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.