SKY TRAIN GUARD SEES RED AT BLUE & GREEN PINK AND YELLOW BALLOONS – COSHES FOREIGNER From ANDREW DRUMMOND,BANGKOK March 18 201A foreigner travelling with his wife and six-year-old daughter was allegedly severely beaten with a truncheon by a security guard after trying to access the BTS sky train in Bangkok with a bunch of balloons.The incident happened at Phomprong […]
Britain is Great! A timely reminder Bangkok 15 March 2010 Today is good news day. This item is to remind readers that Britiain is Great and its especially great this year because we are holding the Olympics there.(This in itself is an achievement. I have covered the Olypmic Games in LA and Seoul – showing my […]
A SAD DAY FOR ‘CONSUMER PROTECTION’ ‘You have the dream – we create the nightmare’ March 14 2012A Flying Sporran Enquiry British property swindlers allegedly under investigation in Pattaya are openly running rings around so called Consumer Protection department officials by continuing to offer dodgy deals while under investigation themselves. While fending off victims seeking their money back from housing […]
YOU’RE NICKED! PATTAYA TIMES PUBLISHER AND EDITOR EXPOSED BY THIS SITE ARRESTED FOR EXTORTION Bangkok , March 10 2012< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Drew Noyes, publisher of the ‘Pattaya Times’ and a man who claims many royal honours was today with his wife and Editor Wanrapa Boonsu charged with blackmail.Noyes, 56, and Boonsu,29, were […]
Four Years On Policeman Finally Puts In Self Defence Claim From ANDREW DRUMMOND, Bangkok, March 8 2012 Police Sergeant Uthai Dechachiwat has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Canadian tourist Leo Del Pinto in the village of Pai, Mae Hong Son, province in January 2008. At Chiang Mai court this week Sergeant Dechachiwat admitted that he […]
American publisher beats ‘Boy from Brazil’ February 29 2012 How can ‘Flying Sporran’ win against Thailand’s most decorated American? An accredited journalist to Drew Noyes’ ‘Pattaya Times’ newspaper is now back in Brazil after being arrested and deported by Immigration Police. Brazilian Ivan Schiffer was arrested at Aranyaprathet and taken to the Immigration Detention Centre […]
High on Ice – An unfortunate publicity blurb. A Flying Sporran Enquiry February 26 2012 Readers of his website will remember how we caught the boss of a drugs and alcohol clinic in Thailand smoking ‘Ice’ with prostitute in a Bangkok hotel room. The rehab in question called ‘Channah’ (win) reacted swiftly and removed Briton […]
WAR DRUMS BEAT ON THAI EASTERN SEABOARD AS ANGRY BRAVE CANCELS POW WOW ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK February 19 2012 A native American who invested a million baht in a Pattaya newspaper is on the warpath after all he got was a useless press card and a jacket.The Californian ‘Red Indian’, who has asked to be referred to simply as […]
From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK, February 18 2012British police investigating the rape and murder of Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones, who was just 23 when she was brutally murdered and raped in a Chiang Mai guest house, are back in Thailand trying once again to catch her killer.Detective Chief Superintendent Steve Wilkins, of Dyfed Powys Police has […]
The Grey Man – Police Probe From ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK,February 18 2012 BITTER SWEET CHARITYThe Grey Man Posed Picture To Raise Funds – the headman called the kids togetherThe Australian charity – The Grey Man – which raised funds on the alleged rescue of 22 Akha Hill tribe children in Chiang Rai last year – claiming […]
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.