But N.I.A Director Gets Suspended Sentence And Small Fine Bangkok August 12 2012 A Flying Sporran Court Briefing Thailand’s Director of Innovation Supachai Lorlowhakarn has been given a six month suspended prison sentence and a small fine on a charge of criminal forgery. Lorlowhakarn, who in June had his PhD degree revoked by Chulalongkorn University […]
But not is all as it seems! Flying Sporran’s Pattaya Week-end Diary Apparently on the look-out for opportunities the owner of Pattaya-Today.com has renewed two sex tourism domains on the internet. That’s odd because I would have staked money on the fact that Pattaya Today is definitely not one of the dodgy Pattaya English language […]
ANDREW DRUMMOND BANGKOK – August 10 2012 (Here’s a link to a detailed piece by Pim Kimasingki of Chiang Mai City life who held the fort for me on the day Kirsty’s body was discovered and was of great assistance throughout) Welsh police and the mother of Kirsty Jones who was murdered on this day […]
Ambassadors, belly dancers, British crooks and spooks, but not necessarily in that order! Bangkok Diary August 9 2012 This Friday the British Ambassador to Thailand, Asif Ahmad, relinquishes his post and goes back home to learn another language and come back to South East Asia to head up another, as yet un-named mission. You won’t get […]
August 8 2012 Comment The controversy raged on and on for months and months – but the demise of the ‘Downtown Inn’ in Chiang Mai – has now been reduced to a four minute music video on you tube. The Downtown Inn hit the headlines last year when a number of people died either on […]
Oh No! Its not that man again with another scam August 1 2012 (Update) BUT THE FLYING SPORRAN GETS ACTION! Plus much more! Now Mr.Noyes fights back with threats, a gospel song, and unfettered accusations against a wide range of people Drew Noyes falls to temptation Controversial Pattaya ‘businessman’ Drew Noyes – publisher of the ‘Pattaya Times’ […]
FRIENDS FAIL TO SAVE BAR OWNER LABELLED ‘HUMAN TRAFFICKER’ From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok July 30 2012 ‘Jack’ Alty in his bar (FACEBOOK) A 57-year-old Scot has voluntarily deported himself from Thailand after being branded ‘a danger to society’. John Joseph Alty, from Glasgow, who ran a guest house called ‘The Squealing Pig’ in Hua Hin […]
A Flying Sporran Environmental Report July 27 2012 If this story has seems like it comes out of Disneyland well its true it has fairy tale dimensions. Additionally, behind Thailand’s Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigation into land grabs on the holiday island of Phuket there is an American, who, funnily enough provided ‘image support’ for Disney’s ‘The Lion King’. […]
In a statement printed in the Pattaya Times of July 16th-31st, which actually reached the streets in a few places about July 20th Drew Noyes has stated that he, the publisher, and Wanrapa Boonsu the editor of the Pattaya Times had posted an apology to Andrew Drummond on the website www.pattaya-times.com on June 5th and left it there until […]
The young son of a British M.P. has been arrested in Laos for drugs related offences. The incident which has been suppressed by British newspapers should however be taken as a warning to visitors to the country. People should be particularly careful in the backpacker hot spot of Vang Vien. A spectacular holiday can turn into a […]
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.