(originally publish September 2008)When the disgraced former glam-rock star was released from jail in Vietnam, Bangkok based journalists Andrew Drummond and Andrew Chant made sure the convicted paedophile went back to the U.K., despite a Hong Kong diversion which was billed in the UK as Glitter’s Asian Tour 2008.It was fitting as both Drummond and […]

(originally publish September 2008) When the disgraced former glam-rock star was released from jail in Vietnam, Bangkok based journalists Andrew Drummond and Andrew Chant made sure the convicted paedophile went back to the U.K., despite a Hong Kong diversion which was billed in the UK as Glitter’s Asian Tour 2008.It was fitting as both Drummond […]

Canadian Embassy absolved of allegations of doing nothing over Leo Del Pinto murder. They were active behind the scenes.Link to the Chilliwack Times, Canada,correction

Millionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted Thai Prime Minister who went on to buy Manchester City football club has been banned from Britain.The visas for both he and his wife Pojaman were yesterday cancelled by the United Kingdom Border Agency rendering them fugitive from justice.Today (Saturday) the couple, who have both been jailed in their absence […]

From Andrew Drummond,Bangkok Supreme Court, October 21 08Former Thai Premier and owner of Manchester City Football Club was branded a criminal today and jailed for two years while ‘in absentia’ in England.After finding him guilty of corruption in a land deal  the Supreme Court submitted the verdict to Thailand’s Attorney General to pass to Britain […]

Link to CBC storyLink to Globe and Mail storyFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok Criminal Court, October 15 2008A Thai policeman accused of gunning down two Canadian backpacker s, killing one, was committed to prison in Bangkok today to face trial for the alleged murder.Police Sergeant Uthai  Dechawiwat was taken to the Criminal Court in Bangkok and […]

Thailand’s Supreme Court has issued another arrest warrant for Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted premier, this time for cashing in on Burma’s military junta while offering himself as a mediator with the repressive regime.While Mr Thaksin, until recently owner of Manchester City F.C., offered Thailand as host country for talks with Burma, he was secretly cashing […]

Thailand was in a political deadlock today after the country’s parliament could not find a quorum to vote in a new Prime Minister.Deposed Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced to resign for breaking conflict of interest laws by going on a television show called Cooking and Grumbling, had hoped coalition government members, who have […]

Thousands  of tourists , hundreds of them British, continued their slow evacuation from the Thai capital Bangkok tonight as a ‘State of Emergency’ declared by the government provided a lull in violence.The  state enterprise unions, who have joined the anti-government protest, allowed flights to continue uninterrupted from Bangkok and the country’s southern resorts of Phuket […]

An uneasy truce hung over Bangkok today after State of Emergency was declared at the end of a night of violence in the Thai capital.Children were sent scurrying home from schools, workers went on strike, tourists, thousands of them British, struggled to get out of the country, and anti-government protesters dug themselves deeper into Government […]