Glasgow Gangster Brings Karma To Cambodia's Killing Fields
From Andrew Drummond,Sihanoukville, CambodiaHe ran with the notorious Glasgow gang ‘The Tongs’, notorious for their razor slashings in the city’s old tenements.As a kid he was in and out of approved school borstal and Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow, the infamous ‘Bar L’.His father was a convicted armed robber and lorry hijacker. His brother TC Campbell has […]
Sorry I'm 25 Years Late – I Got On The Wrong Bus
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 […]
Cobra Swamp Is Reclaiming Bangkok's Showpiece Airport
From The TimesJanuary 30, 2007Cobra Swamp is reclaiming Bangkok’s showpiece airport Andrew Drummond in Bangkok Bangkok’s showpiece international airport, opened last year, appears to be sinking into the swamp on which it was built. The city’s old airport will have to be reopened and some flights diverted there.The $4 billion (£205 million) Suvarnabhumi airport was opened […]
Two Died As Bomb Blasts Hit New Year Celebrations In Bangkok
From The TimesJanuary 1, 2007Two die as bomb blasts hit new year celebrations in Bangkok• British tourists among the injured• Nine explosions across the Thai capitalAndrew Drummond in BangkokTerrorists brought carnage to Bangkok’s new year celebrations last night with a series of bombings that started early in the evening and ended at the stroke of […]
As Scots Workers Are Axed Poverty Stricken Thais
Mail on Sunday November 26 2006 From Andrew DrummondOutside the factory on a massive trading estate near Bangkok, the temperature is almost 100 degrees.Inside, Thai workers are shivering at minus 10 as they monotonously grind away, chopping, vacuum-packing and packaging a variety of fish caught in the waters off Scotland that is to be returned […]
Tanks Roll In Under Cover Of Downpour
From Andrew Drummond,Bangkok, March 13 08A Briton was murdered in Thailand by a mentally disturbed man who was jealous of the man’s forthcoming marriage to his sister.Retired ICI worker Ivor Chandler, 56, from Skelton, East Cleveland, had been taken by a his Thai girlfriend, Chumporn, 28, from the resort of Pattaya to meet her parents, […]
Thailand's Bloodless Coup – The Australian
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How The New York Post Ran With John Karr Arrest
Andrew Drummond covered the arrest of John Mark Karr for a number of newspapers including The Times, Sydney Morning Herald, and New York Post.This is how the New York Post ran with the storyJonbenet creep flies high until doors slam in US jail*Jonbenet pervert ‘I loved her – Then killer her by mistake’JONBENET PERVERT: ‘I […]
John Mark Karr Extradited – Sydney Morning Herald
DNA test for teacher who says he killed JonBenetCatherine Elsworth and Andrew Drummond BangkokAugust 20, 2006THE suspect in the killing of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is expected to be extradited to America today despite growing speculation over his confession to Thai authorities and the likelihood that only DNA testing will prove whether he committed […]
Confession Reignites America's Most Enduring Mystery
John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree – Sunday TelegraphFrom Andrew Drummond,BangkokA gunman in Thailand who shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, said yesterday he had had enough of the noise and their awful karaoke singing.Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as […]
