An inquiry is under way in Bangkok into how a 24-year-old British woman died under anaesthetic while undergoing simple plastic surgery. The body of the woman (name withheld) was taken from the SP Clinic in the Huay Khwang District of Bangkok late on Thursday. Thai authorities say a British woman has died under anaesthesia during […]
‘I AM NOT GENETICALLY CODED TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPRESSION ‘THIS IS THAILAND’ – SAYS FORMER OFFICER OF U.S. COURT Culture shock – Don’t be late with the rent Held in a hotel for 5000 rising to 13,960 baht Thailand’s ruling military government has been asked to investigate complaints by an American teacher with 15 years […]
FORMER PRIME MINISTER NAMED Boiler room bosses, aka ‘The Wolves of Bangkok’, have been making widespread payments to several police departments and even an army general, it is claimed today. Investors chasing the ‘Bangkok Five’, the major share trading scammers in the Thai capital describe farcical moments as bosses made arrangements to either get their […]
A WEB OF INTRIGUE. Flying Sporran’s Weekend Dairy It was a quiet day, so I thought I might ask the lawyer for ThaiVisa.com a question. Thaivisa, as most of us know, is the biggest forum and news aggregator (lifter) in Thailand. It’s a big business which has branched out into real estate and now apparently […]
THAT’S JUST THE WAY THE STORY GOES! FLYING SPORRAN’S WEEKEND DIARY I am really touched by the testimonials which have been coming in this week as I ready myself to strive again, or rather waste time and cash, to fight two more flippant but malicious libel and computer act cases this time from a ‘woman […]
Helping Make Thailand A Safer Place. The British run financial advisory group MGMB has fired their ‘analyst’ Stephen Hinch after he was exposed on this website as a man listed by the United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for stealing clients’ money. In a statement issued to this site today – dated yesterday – […]
OR IS IT MOWGLI? Flying Sporran’s Diary Controversial American Drew Noyes, the former ‘fake lawyer’ and publisher of the now defunct Pattaya Times newspaper has now surfaced in Bangkok as the ‘Lion King’ . Noyes, who was exposed in connection with alleged property fraud, share fraud, and sexual harassment, by the Morning Star in Wilmington, […]
ALLEGEDLY HIGH ON ‘ICE’ THIS ‘WOLF OF BANGKOK’ GOT AWAY WITH KILLING TWO THAIS IN CAR CRASH. Frank Giannini – PDN TV BUT NOW IT LOOKS AS IF KARMA HAS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM A Bangkok ‘boiler room’ chief, who four years ago killed two people in Thailand while allegedly driving under the influence of […]
Gonged Former Pattaya Times publisher is back on the internet and engaged in a reputation recovery bid as his trial continues over his alleged extortion of a health clinic in Pattaya. Shaved suited and gonged Noyes is also promoting ‘Spice’ magazine once billed as Thailand’s biggest gay magazine showing he is an all-round tolerant kind […]
FIVE MORE THAI COPS ACQUITTED IN DEATH LINKED TO SAUDI CROWN JEWELS. You really cannot make up what happens in Thailand but the latest case in the criminal courts seems so obscene that it almost defies belief. This all started many years ago when a Thai thief working in the Royal Palace in Saudi Arabia […]
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.