SIXTY DAY COUNT DOWN TO THAI JUSTICE IN PATTAYA An arrest warrant has been issued for Brian Goudie, the convicted criminal, who set up home in Thailand posing as a barrister and former officer in the Royal Marines, to make money out of tourists and expats. The warrant was issued on the same day that […]
MAN WHO RECORDS SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONS ORDERED TO DO SO FROM PATTAYA CONDO COURTS GONE MAD PART I A threesome goes wrong in sex city Flying Sporran in the courts The following is essentially a real account although there is no verbatim record and comes from the defence in a case in Pattaya – […]
BLOWN! The Revenge Of The Falkirk Faker Thailand’s arguably most famous Scotsman was ordered to surrender to bail by a court in the resort of Pattaya today to charges relating to revenge porn, defamation, and fraud. #BrianGoudie, 48, Falkirk, known as Goldie when he was sentenced to six years jail in Australia for the theft […]
DOCTOR ELLIS FREED! A British professor working for the United Nations Environmental Programme was released from detention late last night after a Thai government turn-about – and his name was removed from the country’s blacklist. |Facebook/Wyn Wllis Wyn Ellis, from Swansea, an agriculturalist based in Bangkok, was released from cells air side in Bangkok International […]
COURT CASES, ROCKS AND STONES, AND DEATH THREATS – HE CAME THROUGH IT ALL EXCEPT A THAI CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE The British academic who was detained in custody at Bangkok airport after correctly accusing a Thai civil servant of forgery and plagiarism – has been told he will be deported from Thailand on […]
UN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT ‘DANGER TO THAI SOCIETY’ IS VICTIM OF CIVIL SERVANT’S LOSS OF FACE A British professor who accused a high ranking Thai government official of plagiarism and defeated him in the courts has been arrested and held in custody as a danger to Thai society. Dr. Ellis in captivity Professor Wyn Ellis, from […]
(With A Badly Written Legal System And Flawed Educational One ) – THAILAND DOES Of the people, by the people, for the people? Thai Lawyers for Human Rights have issued a briefing on their interpretation and stance on Thailand’s new draft constitution. No need to comment personally on the draft. It is self explanatory. It […]
Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary An article in the Myanmar Times today by R J Vogt about the Karen minority celebrating VJ Day in Rangoon (Yangon) last month and an accompanying picture certainly brings back a few memories. The story centres around of Sally Mclean and her organization ‘Help for Forgotten Allies’ or H4FA which of […]
BURMESE MINISTER DECLARES WAR ON LADYBOYS – HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CONDEMNS. Human Rights Watch has condemned ‘grossly discriminatory’ remarks made against lady boys and gays by the Burma’s Minister for Border and Security Affairs. The attack comes after Dr.Myint Kyu called for the rounding up of gay men saying ‘the existence of gay men who […]
COURT DISMISSES CASE AGAINST THONGLOR CLINIC Tough guy Hanks before treatment The former owner of Masquerades brothel in Victoria, Australia, David John Hanks, nicknamed Baby Face, will not be able to get paid-for reconstructive surgery on his face, after a court in Pattaya, Thailand, threw out a case he had brought against the owner of […]
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.