British skipper ‘murdered’ as pirates storm yacht off ThailandFrom Andrew DrummondLink to GuardianLink to Daily MailLink to The SunBangkokA British yachtsman was reported today to have been beaten and thrown into the sea when pirates boarded his yacht Mr.Bean off the coast of southern Thailand.Malcolm Robertson was allegedly beaten with a hammer before his body […]
Link to Nation newspaper. This news copy oddly appared on Letters Page From Andrew Drummond, BangkokA British tourist who was falsely arrested in Thailand on a fake passport charge, beaten, then jailed for three weeks, said today that he would be happy to apologise to the Thai authorities, for ‘airport rage’. Simon Burrowes (right), 44, […]
Link to ObserverFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, March 14 2009Thai Immigration officers said they would deport (Sunday) two blacklisted convicted child sex abusers who were caught in Thailand after following the trail of Gary Glitter.Thomas Hadley, 58, from Petersfield, Hants, and Peter Nielson, 66, from Sheffield will be escorted on a flight from Bangkok after being […]
From Andrew Drummond, BangkokLink to Evening Standard storyLink to Guardian storyLink to Sydney Morning Herald storyLink to Daily Mail storyLink to PhuketwanA London martial arts expert on holiday in Thailand to study Thai kicking boxing claims he was beaten, shackled and imprisoned after a British Embassy official told local immigration police that they could not […]
Police in Thailand are trying to identify a western man made out to look like ‘a heart broken tourist’ whose decapitated head was placed in a plastic bag and left dangling 25 ft below a railing from the city’s showpiece bridge. Detectives were forced to admit that the death was not self inflicted, despite a […]
Police in Thailand are investigating the murder of a wealthy Canadian property developer who was gunned down on his birthday outside his luxury condominium. Francis Alex Degioanni, 34, originally from Quebec was shot seven times by gunmen who waited for him to drive out of his Panorama condo on Patong Beach, on the island of […]
This is a blog entry onlyAndrew Drummond, Bangkok, February 13 2009Now and again a little gem comes up on the net that’s worth giving a little further attention. And this one has actually been lurking up there for two years but I only came across it recently on Thaivisa.com when I was checking from interested […]
LORD OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE DIES IN RANGOONFrom Andrew Drummond,BangkokOnce dubbed the ‘Prince of Death’ and accused of being the world’s most prolific heroin trafficker, Khun Sa, also known as Chan Chi-Fu, was cremated yesterday in Rangoon, Burma, aged 74.Khun Sa preferred to be known as ‘Prince of Prosperity’ or ‘Lord of the Golden Triangle’ […]
Link to what The SUN depiction of orgyThe bald reality from the Thai RathFrom Andrew Drummond, BangkokThai police raided a hotel room in Bangkok early today and arrested 13 men and ten women they said were taking part in a British organised ‘swingers party’.The raid took place at Bangkok’s Elizabeth Hotel and a British man, […]
Link to Sheffield Star story based on copy supplied by this author: Man on the run in shootingFrom Andrew Drummond, BangkokJanuary 29 2009 The wife of a Briton wanted in Sheffield for drugs dealing has been arrested in Thailand for ordering a ‘hit’ on one of her husband’s clients in Thailand. And police have also […]
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.