(originally publish September 2008)When the disgraced former glam-rock star was released from jail in Vietnam, Bangkok based journalists Andrew Drummond and Andrew Chant made sure the convicted paedophile went back to the U.K., despite a Hong Kong diversion which was billed in the UK as Glitter’s Asian Tour 2008.It was fitting as both Drummond and […]
From Andrew Drummond, BangkokSunday April 20th 2008A Briton, who fled the Philippines with his girlfriend and baby daughter to avoid being jailed on adultery charges, said today (Sunday) that he would undergo DNA tests in Bangkok to prove that he was the baby’s father.And he begged British officials to allow him to go home with […]
Thai policeman played the keyboards at my wedding to under-aged girl, says convicted child rapist – March 23 08From Andrew Drummond, BangkokPolice in Thailand said today they were reconsidering a decision to grant bail for the sixth time to a convicted British child rapist, known as ‘The Ghost’ who was arrested last week for abusing an […]
British paedophile ‘The Ghost’ accused of child rape ‘three times’ is arrested AGAIN in Thailand – Daily MailStepfather of ex-soccer star accused of abducting Thai girls – Irish Independent March 21 07Sixth arrested for convicted paedophile – Irish Independent March 19 08From Andrew Drummond, Pattaya 20th March 2008The most notorious British paedophile in Thailand walked free […]
From Andrew Drummond,Bangkok, March 13 08A Briton was murdered in Thailand by a mentally disturbed man who was jealous of the man’s forthcoming marriage to his sister.Retired ICI worker Ivor Chandler, 56, from Skelton, East Cleveland, had been taken by a his Thai girlfriend, Chumporn, 28, from the resort of Pattaya to meet her parents, […]
John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree – Sunday TelegraphFrom Andrew Drummond,BangkokA gunman in Thailand who shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, said yesterday he had had enough of the noise and their awful karaoke singing.Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok,March 5th 2008An Irish computer hacker who posed on the internet as a young Thai woman to successfully blackmail a British millionaire in Bangkok was arrested by police yesterday in Northern Thailand.Computer hacker David Gerard Murphy, 42, from Dublin, was seized by police, after he decided 40,000 Euros was not enough for […]
Teapot woman sent to jail in MalaysiaFrom Andrew DrummondMarch 4th A member of a persecuted sect nicknamed ‘The Teapot Cult’ yesterday began a two year jail sentence in Malaysia for renouncing Islam yesterday.The 57-yr-old woman Kamariah Ali was sentenced in an Islamic Shariah court after she refused to respond to a judge’s Islamic greeting.Muhammad Abdullah a judge […]
In January 2008 two Canadian tourists were gunned down by a Thai policeman in Pai a village predominantly populated by hill tribes in the northern Thai province of Mae Hong Son. The village, once a picturesque backwater for backpackers going on treks had more recently become one of northern Thailand’s top tourist destinations, with many high-end […]
February 28, 2008Thai ex-premier arrives home to hero’s welcomeAndrew Drummond and Richard Lloyd Parry, in Bangkok Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed former Thai Prime Minister, was greeted with a hero’s welcome in the capital Bangkok today as he returned home to face corruption allegations.The Manchester City football club owner, who was ousted in a military coup in […]
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.