The Thai Frozen Foods Association and the Thai Tuna Industry Association have agreed to back British activist Andy Hall by guaranteeing his bail if the Attorney General proceeds with charges against him. Hall will be escorted from Bangna Police station tomorrow to the Department of the Attorney General. The following is a statement issued by Finnwatch […]
BUT KOPALODEATHIS! DREW AND WANRAPA GO GREEK The controversial American, Drew Walter Noyes, former publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper, is due to surrender to bail on Monday on charges now being returned against him by Andrew Drummond, owner of this site. His common-law wife Wanrapa Boosu has already submitted bail but Noyes, 58, was […]
BUT WILL PHONY LAWYER AND PATTAYA PUBLISHER EVER GO TO JAIL? (Pic: Noyes) Appeal court judges today dismissed an appeal by American Drew Noyes, former publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper, against the acquittal of British journalist Andrew Drummond for libel. They agreed with the lower court AND threw out Noyes’ claim that he had […]
Two fine journalists spent an unnecessary five hours behind bars today after being charged with defaming the Royal Thai Navy. Alan Morison, 66, Australian and Chutima Sidasathian,33, Thai of Phuketwan were held in custody in the cell below the court in Phuket, while court officials sorted out bail. They chose to be treated like any […]
FACE OFF WITH OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN (PIC – Norbert back left Jurgen back right – Suthep Thaugsuban front right Controversial German property developer Norbert Verweyen has been ordered to surrender to Bangkok Criminal Court to pay bail on May 18th as expats, who bought property from him in Koh Samui begin to retaliate for years of […]
PATTAYA TIMES WAS ‘A TISSUE OF LIES’, Drew Walter Noyes, the former publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper, and his wife Wanrapa Bonsu, listed as the Editor, were ordered to surrender to bail at Bangkok Criminal Court yesterday on charges of criminal libel and libel against the Computer Crime Act. British journalist Andrew Drummond is […]
PLUS – WHY BRIAN GOUDIE TOOK UP LAW Lawyers for British journalist Andrew Drummond are meeting to discuss bringing contempt of court charges against two fake lawyers who touted their services in Pattaya. They relate to false claims by both Drew Walter Noyes, boss of One Stop Service Center and Brian Goudie boss of a […]
Next Monday Australian Alan Morison and Sidasathien will head to the prosecutor’s office in Phuket to see if the Royal Thai Navy libel and computer crime act case will go against them. If it does and they are required to pay bail they say they will refuse. It’s the biggest sledgehammer and nut case since […]
Two cases start in the Criminal Court in Bangkok tomorrow (Monday) in which three expats are accused of plotting a massive internet campaign against an investigative journalist to cover up their own activities in Thailand. Facing libel and Computer Crime charges are Brian Gerald James Goudie (Goldie), 48, from Falkirk, Scotland, Drew Walter Noyes, from […]
BUT AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT HE WAS ‘VERBALLED’ DURING AN INTERVIEW Documents obtained by human rights activist Andy Hall under the UK Freedom of Information Act show that British Embassy officials could not warn him that when entering Thailand he could be arrested. Although the Embassy were in possession of the facts and had information […]
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.