CHARMING THAI COMMERCIAL GETS MIXED REVIEWS “O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” – Rabbie Burns The video short ‘I hate Thailand’ commissioned by the Tourist Authority of Thailand to counter the recent negative publicity the country has been receiving, has also garnered a lot of attention […]
THAI GOVERNMENT SENSITIVE. POLICE KEEP SHTUM MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA UNDER THREAT The Burmese Government today made an official request to Thailand to open a new investigation into the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on the holiday island of Koh Tao – after police point blank refused to answer allegations of torture. The […]
PARENTS OF SUSPECTS SEEK DSI HELP AS THAI POLICE REFUSE TO BE QUESTIONED OVER TORTURE ALLEGATIONS. Accompanied by officials of the Burmese (Myanmar) Embassy the parents of the two 21-year-olds accused of the brutal murders of Hanna Witheridge and David Miller in Thailand have asked the country’s Department of Investigation to prosecute members of the […]
STILL – ITS GOT TO MAKE YOU THINK! People who go on social media could be prosecuted under the Computer Crimes Act if they speculate to the dislike of the police – and presumably government too – on who murdered Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao last September, says Thailand’s Police Chief General […]
On the day British police finally made it to the Thai island of Koh Tao the scene of the murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, Britain’s Foreign Office has stated that it is concerned not only about the alleged mistreatment of the two Burmese men now held in Koh Samui jail but also concerned […]
‘We’ll tie you to burning tyres!’ – ‘We’ll cut off your limbs and put them in plastic bags’ As the Koh Tao murder case rumbles on, despite Thai Police putting a lid on the affair and stating the case was now closed, the father of one of the accused has given an interview to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘KOH TAO MURDERS’ ‘LET BRITISH POLICE CHECK THE DNA’ ‘HOW COME POLICE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE DRUGS’ ‘HOW CAN YOU SOLVE THE COUNTRY’S PROBLEMS IF YOU WON’T ACCEPT THE TRUTH AND END HYPOCRICY’ Sondhi Limthongkul A TV review by ‘The Weapon’. For foreigners in Thailand who have not quite grasped the language a poster to […]
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.