Timesonline: Lord of War Arms Dealer faces extradition to US.From Andrew Drummond, BangkokFriday March 7 2008Unphased Victor Grout sits between wide-eyed Thai police: Picture:- Andrew ChantHe sat there in the same orange sweatshirt and khaki pants he had been wearing at the time of his arrest on the 27th floor of the Sofitel in central […]

So here I am face to face with a Komodo Dragon on Rinca Island in Indonesia where three unfortunate Brits along with a Swede and a Frenchman were washed up after their dive boat went off without them. But no need to worry. The park rangers gave me this white stick when I arrived on […]

By Andrew Drummond For full story and pictures click here Three British divers swept away by powerful currents in the shark-infested Indian Ocean told last night how they fought off an attack by a man-eating Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard. The group were threatened by the 10ft beast as they awaited rescue on a […]

Andrew Drummond, in Bangkok , October 17 2007A suspected paedophile on the run from Interpol apparently boasted about getting a job in a Vietnam school without police checks and advised fellow teachers how to delete pornography on their computers.Christopher Neil, 32, from British Columbia, Canada, is being hunted after allegedly posting some 200 pictures on […]

Dive industry split over ‘Open Water’ drama, but life-saving British diver is ‘real hero’ say colleagues  From Andrew Drummond, Phuket  The British diver involved in the controversial ‘Open Water’ drama off the Great Barrier Reef has been acclaimed as a ‘real hero’ by colleagues despite accusations levelled against him in Australia of negligence. The holiday diving industry […]

‘I have, no cash, no job, and can’t work’ replies Mr. Swirly after being asked to discuss compensation to child’s father  From Andrew Drummond, BangkokMonday June 2nd 2008 Canadian paedophile suspect Christopher Neil, now better known as ‘Mr. Swirly’, came face to face with the father of one of his victims in court in Bangkok yesterday. But […]

From Andrew Drummond, BangkokSunday April 20th 2008A Briton, who fled the Philippines with his girlfriend and baby daughter to avoid being jailed on adultery charges, said today (Sunday) that he would undergo DNA tests in Bangkok to prove that he was the baby’s father.And he begged British officials to allow him to go home with […]

British father who fled Philippines begs the government to let him bring his family to UK – Daily Mail Safe: Dad facing jail for adultery – Sunday Mirror April 20 08Link: Why wont the Foreign Office help? Mail on Sunday From Andrew Drummond, BangkokA British father, who faces seven years jail for adultery, has successfully fled the […]

From The TimesFebruary 7, 2007Sorry I’m 25 years late – I got on the wrong bus to go shoppingAndrew Drummond in Bangkok It was just a normal shopping trip when Jaeyana Beuraheng bade farewell to her eight children as she left to cross the border into Malaysia. But it would be 25 years before she would […]

Thai Prime Minister orders investigation into tourist killingsFrom Andrew Drummond, BangkokApril 10 2008Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej today (Thursday) formally ordered an investigation into the conduct of a Thai policeman who shot dead a Canadian tourist and injured a second.The Thai Premier, in his role as the Chairman of the Department of Special Investigations, ordered […]