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Andrew Drummond

LET US CHECK THE QUALITY OF TOURISTS TO OUR ILLEGAL HOTELS WITH LECHEROUS STAFF

‘Grubby Rooms I Can Bare. Grubby Staff – No!’ Here’s some news to start off the day – The Southern Hotels Association according to PBS News wants a hand in controlling the tourists who come to Thailand.  The organization wants ‘quality’ or ‘high spending’ tourists – ‘at an appropriate level to match the capacity with […]

FUND SET UP FOR DEFENCE IN KOH TAO MURDER CASE

With the arrival in Thailand of the parents of Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin the two 21-year-old Burmese migrant labourers accused of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and Win Zaw Htun a fund has now been set up to pay the for the defence in the coming trial. There is widespread disquiet at the […]

KOH TAO MURDERS – CONFESSIONS WITHDRAWN TORTURE COMPLAINTS CONFIRMED

INTERPRETER WAS A PANCAKE SALESMEN WHO TOOK VICTIM’S CASH – AND NOW THAI POLICE CASE RESTS ON ‘SUSPECT’ DNA. Thai police tell Win Zaw Htub and Zaw Lin to wai and ask forgiveness Following the complete retraction of the confessions of their suspects and detailed reports of torture under interrogation assisted by a translator whose real […]

‘TAKE THE RAP FOR THAILAND’ – BURMESE WORKER TOLD. ‘YOU OWE IT TO US’

CAN THAI POLICE STLL GET AWAY WITH OLD STYLE ‘COVER UPS’ AND ‘FIT-UPS’? Tortured ‘Narong’ over the Kirsty Jones murder ‘Do it for Thailand’ As the controversy continues over who was responsible for the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao, and police close ranks on their now sealed inquiry, questions are […]

POLICE CO-OPERATION ON KOH TAO MURDERS: ‘OH YES THEY WILL, OH NO THEY WON’T WON’T’

HIGH NOON IN THE SAMUI ARCHIPELAGO? Head of Koh Phangan Police – He could join the ‘Outlaws’ British police might be well advised to send two teams to investigate the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller when they take up the offer by Prime Minister General Prauth Chan-ocha. The first time should be the […]

EVIDENCE OF TORTURE SEEMS LIKELY IN KOH TAO ENQUIRY

KOH TAO MURDERS: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO SUMMONS OFFICERS ON THE GROUND Porntip Senior police officers involved in the Koh Tao murder investigation today appeared before a board of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand to answer allegations about the torture of Burmese migrant workers and suspects. The HRC has now it says received […]

MEN IN SUITS COULD AVOID THAILAND’S PROPOSED TOURISM SCREENING LAWS

Foreign criminals wearing suits and ties and Rolex watches may fool tourism ministry officials who have been tasked to screen incoming tourists to ensure they are of quality, it was feared today. It is also feared the same characters fool young Isaan women into believing they were people of substance and obtain goods by pretences. […]

KOH TAO – WHAT WILL BRITISH DETECTIVES FACE?

Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary The forthcoming visit of British detectives to Thailand has stirred the imaginations of more than a few – but their visit is unlikely to be the same as the visit to the orient of two US detectives in the film ‘Black Rain’. The cops played by Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia […]

BRITISH POLICE TO BE ALLOWED TO CHECK DNA AND TORTURE CLAIMS

THAI PM CONCEDES TO REQUEST BY DAVID CAMERON But Thai police chief not happy British police have been given the green light to investigate DNA procedures and torture claims surrounding the Thai investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. Diplomatic sources have confirmed that Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha has accepted that […]

KOH TAO MURDERS – PROTESTERS DEMAND BRITISH INVESTIGATION IN LONDON

 WHILE BRITAIN’S AMBASSADOR TARGETS THAI MEDIA –  Protesters demanding an British government investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were successful today in handing their petition into the British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. The demo attracted quite a large crowd  including Burmese and Thai – although as usual only […]