From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok,March 5th 2008An Irish computer hacker who posed on the internet as a young Thai woman to successfully blackmail a British millionaire in Bangkok was arrested by police yesterday in Northern Thailand.Computer hacker David Gerard Murphy, 42, from Dublin, was seized by police, after he decided 40,000 Euros was not enough for […]
Teapot woman sent to jail in MalaysiaFrom Andrew DrummondMarch 4th A member of a persecuted sect nicknamed ‘The Teapot Cult’ yesterday began a two year jail sentence in Malaysia for renouncing Islam yesterday.The 57-yr-old woman Kamariah Ali was sentenced in an Islamic Shariah court after she refused to respond to a judge’s Islamic greeting.Muhammad Abdullah a judge […]
In January 2008 two Canadian tourists were gunned down by a Thai policeman in Pai a village predominantly populated by hill tribes in the northern Thai province of Mae Hong Son. The village, once a picturesque backwater for backpackers going on treks had more recently become one of northern Thailand’s top tourist destinations, with many high-end […]
February 28, 2008Thai ex-premier arrives home to hero’s welcomeAndrew Drummond and Richard Lloyd Parry, in Bangkok Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed former Thai Prime Minister, was greeted with a hero’s welcome in the capital Bangkok today as he returned home to face corruption allegations.The Manchester City football club owner, who was ousted in a military coup in […]
British man facing jail over his ‘adultery’ with a Filipino woman asks: ‘Why won’t the Foreign Office help us?’By ANDREW DRUMMOND –Manila Last updated at 00:23am on 24th February 2008 When David Scott fell in love with a beautiful Filipino woman, he embraced the opportunity to escape his humdrum existence as a machine operator in Swindon and […]
Fair Probe into Canadian’s Death The government has promised a transparent investigation into the fatal shooting of Canadian Leo del Pinto after a probe by the National Human Rights Commission revealed key differences from the police investigation. The NHRC publish a report at the weekend on its inquiry into the shooting of del Pinto and […]
From The TimesMay 25, 2006Aristocrats’ black sheep jailed for Thai murderBy Hellen Nugent in London and Andrew Drummond in PhuketTHE parents of a British teacher murdered in Thailand by her boyfriend said yesterday that their daughter’s life had been cut short by a pathological liar who charmed his way into her affections.Paul Chetwynd-Talbot with Debra […]
Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2008 | 9:46 AM MTCBC NewsThailand’s human rights commission has publish a report suggesting Thai police botched their investigation into a Calgary man’s shooting death last month.Leo Del Pinto, 24, (below) was shot and killed after an altercation with an off-duty Thai police officer in the northern town of Pai […]
We have been following the articles and news updates written by Andrew Drummond, along with reader comments through Letters to the Editor and various Thai blogs. Some people are calling Andrew Drummond a ‘sensationalist’, which could not be further from the truth. The true sensationalists are the ones who are claiming there are no safety […]
The National Human Rights Committee and DSI officials have relocated Canadian Carly Reisig, who was shot by a policeman in Pai last month after all her belongings were stolen, apparently when she was in hospital.National Human Rights Commissioner Surasee Kosolnavin said he believed neither Reisig, from Chilliwack, B.C. or her boyfriend Rattaporn Varavadee, 36, ‘Fune’ […]
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.