Tragedy on paradise island Twenty-one Jack Davies the young 21-year-old Welshman described as the ‘little legend of Llanelli’ took his own life by hanging himself with a mobile phone charger within sight of the legendary ‘Beach’ made famous by the film starring Leonardo di Caprio. Jack, known as, Jay, who is reported to have come […]
“THIS IS A DODGE – I SWEAR ON MY LIFE” Fund providers such as Royal Skandia and Friends Provident turned a blind eye to warnings over the dodgy LM Managed Performance Fund despite repeated emails from whistle-blower financial man Martyn Terpilowski – then based in Tokyo. The fund managers attitude to the well being of […]
Expats in Hong Kong are now suing local independent financial advisers, pension fund trustees, and life insurance companies who promoted the LM Managed Performance Fund, and some expats in Thailand have also begun the same process. A report today in the South China Morning Post by Benjamin Robertson, who has also linked up to ‘whistleblower’ […]
GOOD NEWS FOR EXPAT INVESTORS WITH IFA’S IN THAILAND. THEIR RATINGS ARE STABLE – THEY ARE STILL AS BAD AS EVER! There’s nothing like living a dream and the top spot in my nominations for people who are doing so in Thailand must go to the Bangkok Post’s financial advice columnist Andrew Wood who has […]
BRITISH JOURNALIST ADMITS ‘FRUSTRATION’ WITH THAI LEGAL SYSTEM Samui Provincial Court today accepted a charge from fake lawyer Brian Goudie claiming that British journalist Andrew Drummond had committed libel under the Computer Crime Act by publishing a photo-shopped picture of him in a gay parade. Andrew Drummond will have to attend Samui Court on October […]
AT WHAT PRICE? DRUGGIES HEAD FOR KOH PHANGAN FOR MIRACLE CURE Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary Picture – Coconuts – Woolsey with Trink I was slightly intrigued by the interview by young Canadian ‘video journalist’ Barbara Woolsey on ‘Coconuts’ of the Bangkok Post’s legendary former entertainment columnist Bernard Trink that I decided to dig a little […]
IT’S GOT IT ALL – KOH SAMUI’S INFAMOUS SOI GREEN MANGO It’s got it all apparently. Youngsters on their holidays have been known to spend almost every night in Soi Green Mango in perfect safety. It has the last closing dance spot, partially owned by police, lots of bars and even the island’s ‘Dream Girls’ […]
AN EXCRUCIATING EMAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN LM AND A FINANCIAL ADVISER If there can be any doubt that directors of the company and salesmen of the product were lying their heads off then the following long series of emails from an adviser trying to get his clients’ money back will put an end to them. Martyn […]
-LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES AGAIN – WITH BRITAIN’S C4- Certain types of documentary surface on a regular basis. One such theme is ‘Thai Brides’ which holds a special attraction for British television. The latest piece of work on this subject is called ‘My Internet Bride’ and the first episode on C4 […]
The notorious SpartaMatrix company which has been running boiler rooms out of Manila and Bangkok is, it appears, in a spot of bother. It has been washing its cash into port facilities in Croatia pretending to have some sort of logistical know-how. The holding company Miklavja LC has gone belly up and filed for bankruptcy […]
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.