Oh dear, is this a familar story or what? A few years down the line I publish a story in the UK about the activities of two characters in the sex trade down in Pattaya known as the ‘Gay MacMafia” . Later the Bangkok Post asked if I could re-write a piece for them which I […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND in BangkokMonday, 5 September 2011 For Belfast TelegraphA former RUC officer has denied carrying out the murder of his sex trade business partner after the victim was found shot to death in bed with his Filipina lover. Northern Irishman David Balmer (54) was found dead in bed with 26-year-old Elma de Guia in […]
From ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkok, August 19 2011 Scottish Mail on Sunday A Scots mother who has been investigating the alleged drugs death of her son in an infamous Thai resort has broken her three year old silence to say she believes that he was murdered. Officials from the British Embassy in Bangkok have confirmed that they have […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok, September 2nd ‘F-Off Tourist!’ – the latest attack reported now on PhuketwanBritish and Foreign diplomats in Thailand have asked the authorities on a Thai island to put an end to the extortion and ‘dog pack’ attack on tourists.In a showdown with the governor of Phuket island diplomatic officials from Britain, Australia, Austria, and Germany, the […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok August 26 2011 The publisher of the Pattaya Times, well known ‘American lawyer’ Drew Noyes, failed to attend a hearing in room 12 of Pattaya Provincial court this week, as he had to host a seminar on ‘Insight into the Criminal Proceedings for Foreigners in Thailand. Noyes, is facing a writ for […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, SingaporePictures: ANDREW CHANTAugust 7th 2011British tourists heading for Singapore have been warned to avoid situations in which they can be scammed and threatened with a thrashing with a rattan cane for molesting women.Following the arrest of 34-yr-old Briton Austin Cowburn, from Manchester, who was picked up in the city’s Clarke Quay bar and restaurant area […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND,Bangkok, August 11 2011BBC Wales Thai police investigating the murder of Kirsty Jones will have to seek a warrant to forcefully carry out a DNA test on a Chiang Mai University professor after the academic refused to supply a sample voluntarily.Police sources here confirmed yesterday that the request made by Dyfed-Powys Police in Britain […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND,Bangkok, July 12 2011 If you live anywhere else but Chiang Mai you may not know but this month the magazine Citylife celebrates its 20th birthday. It would be totally remiss if I did not wish them well here.Alongside the dogged Phuketwan online news site, Citylife is one of my favourite reads. It does […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND,Bangkok August 22 2011His children are in government care in Britain and his land has all but already been gobbled up by his Thai wife. Legendary turkey farmer Joe Stanyer, who used to supply Thailand’s best hotels with their Christmas bird, has now been told that the last patch of land he has […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND Singapore, August 5 2011 Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Metro, Sun, Independent, Pictures: Andrew Chant A three year old British girl has plunged to her death from a high rise block in Singapore. Today the parents were in a state of grief. The 3-yr-old girl, who has not been named fell from on […]
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.