Death Of A Backpacker
Andrew Drummond’s articles for ‘The Times’, ‘Mail on Sunday’ and ‘Sunday Times’ in the U.K. highlighted an irregular police investigation into the death of Kirsty Jones, a 23-old-backpacker from Wales, who was murdered and raped in the Aree guest house in Thailand’s northern capital of Chiang Mai in August 2000.It is a controversy that remains to […]
Lord Of The Golden Triangle
‘Lord of the Golden Triangle was the launch film for the Observer Film Company and was made in co-operation with Granada Television for the ITV network in the U.K. The Observer Film Company was formed after Drummond returned from the Shan States of Burma on foreign assignment for the Observer foreign desk where he met Khun Sa, aka […]
Burma's Forgotten War
Andrew Drummond together with a crew from Twenty Twenty Television travelled on foot for the BBC into the Karen State of Burma ‘Kawthoolei’ to investigate the widespread killings and rapes by Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) troops on the civilian population.No other journalists had been allowed such free access throughout Kawthoolei, as the Karen called their own […]
Tracking Down Gary Glitter – and Others
In November 2005 Andrew Drummond and photographer Andy Chant tracked down former glamour-rock icon Gary Glitter to a house in Vung Tau, Vietnam. As a direct result Glitter was later arrested as he tried to flee the country through the international airport at Ho Chi Minh city. He was later jailed for three years in […]
Wanted Suckers! Its The Boiler Room Calling…And Other Scams
Michael Clarke The Thai capital of Bangkok has attractions for not only honest foreign businessmen but a wide range of scammers. The scams have continued over the years. Only the bait changes. One on end of the scale was the ‘film company executive’ who set up a company to make a ‘Hollywood block-buster’ and who […]
Prisoners In A Human Zoo
Together with Sudarat Sereewat, the General Secretary of Thailand’s ‘Fight Against Child Exploitation Foundation’ Andrew Drummond investigated the plight of a group of Padaung, the long necked Burmese, part of the Karenni minority, who were tricked by Thai businessmen and made to perform in a ‘human zoo’ in Thaton, North Thailand. The Padaung had smuggled […]
Murder On The River Kwai
In September 2004 a Thai policeman Sergeant Somchai Wisetsingh gunned down and murdered Briton Adam Lloyd, 24, and then driving a Volvo chased and ran over his girlfriend Vanessa Arscott, 23, on a road running alongside the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi, Western Thailand.As she clung onto an electric pylon Sergeant Wisetsingh killed her execution-style with […]
The Great Turkmenbashi
In February 2003 posing as a teacher Andrew Drummond entered Ashgabad the capital of Turkmenistan, a country out of bounds to journalists, and seldom visited by tourists. Within days he was up on the podium with Niyazoz ‘The Great Turkmenbashi’ as the ruthless dictator took his birthday salute.His report for ‘The Times’ highlighted the widespread […]
Diplomat Abandons Blog Amid Flurry Of Insults
British traffic cop turns to ‘sex trafficker’ Picture left APFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok May 21 2008A former Liverpool traffic policeman was arrested in Thailand yesterday for trafficking in women to the sex slave trade in Britain.Ian Shuttleworth, aged 42, was arrested at his Bangkok apartment after a tip of to Thai police.He is alleged to […]
Our man in BKK upsets Thais and expats in patronising weblog
Scotsman Friday April 13 2007 Our man in Bangkok upsets Thais and expats in ‘patronising’ weblog ANDREW DRUMMOND IN BANGKOK THE Scottish deputy head of Britain’s mission in Bangkok has given up his internet blog after three days of insults on the internet, mainly from angry Britons in Thailand. Ian Proud, also the head of the […]
