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Briton Was Not Mistreated' – Pattaya Police

From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, December 12 2010 Pattaya Police Superintendent, Colonel Nunthawut Suwanla-ong, has denied reports that a British visa overstayer was mistreated in the police cells at the local police station on Beach Road, Pattaya. In a statement to the Pattaya Daily News, issued to ‘counter allegations by the foreign media’ the Superintendent said […]

Culture Shock! A Thai 'Bride's' Fight For Dignity

The thrice times Scottish kilt maker, 67, and a Thai magazine editor – a recipe for misunderstanding? From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK, Scottish Daily Mail December 11 2010 Scots kilt-maker Dennis Booth probably had no inkling that he was heading for stardom when he looked to the internet for romance…..now he is perhaps the most famous […]

Saved By An Angel – Pattaya Brit In Hospital

FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND BANGKOK December 8 2010 A Briton found languishing, naked, and tied to the bars of a  prisoncell in Pattaya police station has been saved by an angel appearing in the form of an expatriate British woman living in Pattaya. Naked and cuffed to the cell bars And after being scrubbed and clothed […]

A Pattaya Horror Story

From ANDREW DRUMMOND,Bangkok, December 7 2010 Naked and cuffed to the cell bars These horrific pictures show a 53-yr-old Briton wasting away naked in a Thai police station and cuffed to the bars of his cell. He is reported to have been there for three months, but certainly since November 23th, but nobody has sent him […]

Brits Flee Bangkok Boiler Room

From ANDREW DRUMMONDBangkok December 01 2010 Six Britons have fled Bangkok after taking salesmen jobs there only to find out that they were being asked to work for one of the city’s notorious ‘Boiler Room’ scams. Srinakarinplad boiler room man arrives with lunch pack At least one, a card carrying member of Britain’s Labour Party, […]

I Am Helping Tourism', Says US Porn Man

ANDREW DRUMMOND November 28 2010 NEWSBLOG American Tony Poer the pornographer whose arrest reports were wiped clean from all the newspapers in Pattaya claimed yesterday that women flocked to be filmed and his arrest ‘never happened’. This never happened ‘The matter has been dealt with. As far as everyone is concerned it never happened and […]

High Treason And The 'Feckless' At The British Embassy

Had lunch during the week with the British Charg? D’Affaires or rather Ambassador-in-waiting at the mansion which he has already taken over in the Embassy grounds. Not a one-on-one of course. There were also about 8 accompanying media, including the usual suspects, and the Deputy Head of Mission, and Press Secretary.  The Charg? D’Affaires has […]

High Treason And The 'Feckless' At The British Embassy

Blog only ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK, NOVEMBER 24 2010 Had lunch during the week with the British Charg? D’Affaires or rather Ambassador-in-waiting at the mansion which he has already taken over in the Embassy grounds.Not a one-on-one of course. There were also about 8 accompanying media, including the usual suspects, and the Deputy Head of Mission, […]

Thailand’s Pornography Trade..Going..Going..Bong

Why US pornmakers remain unfazed by Thailand’s ‘tough stance’ on the exploitation of women From ANDREW DRUMMOND Pattaya November 22 2010 This is American Tony Poer. He sees himself as smart and handsome, nay even a look alike of footballer David Beckham, so much so that he even had some personalised David Beckham cards printed. […]

British Policeman Acquitted Of Sex Trafficking From Thailand

From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK November 8th 2010 Daily Telegraph/ Liverpool Echo A former British policeman, who was arrested and thrown into a Thai prison on a charge of trafficking a Thai woman for the sex slave trade, was today acquitted at a court in Bangkok after the victim admitted she lied. Former Liverpool detective Ian […]