BUT – AS OLD AS THE HILLS The CTTV video of a family from Wales being viciously beaten in Thailand which went around the world yesterday is unfortunately not an incident which is new to Thailand although the video was still shocking. Directr of the ‘Stationery Office’ The story made in print and TV media […]
STOP THAILAND’S QUALITY TESTING OF EXPORTS IF POLICE DO NOT COME CLEAN ON DNA, SAY EXPERTS Thai police are to be reported to an international regulator over their conduct in the investigation of two young Burmese men for the murders of Britons Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on a Thai holiday island. (EVENING STANDARD) International legal and […]
DREW NOYES AND BRIAN GOUDIE HIT THE DUST – BUT LITTLE THANKS TO THAILAND’S JUSTICE SYSTEM With the confirmation of the conviction and jailing of Drew Noyes, former publisher of the Pattaya Times newspaper – and the conviction and new arrest warrants for fake British lawyer Brian Goudie, aka Goldie, now is the time perhaps […]
JOURNALISTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TAKE FULL NOTES – Solicitors International A report by Solicitors International Human Rights Group has quietly condemned Thailand’s justice system after monitoring the trial of Burmese Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo for the murder of Briton David Miller and murder and rape of Hannah Witheridge. Couched in polite terms the […]
The Thai Government has now admitted what we have known all along. It is going to strictly control the foreign media in Thailand and those journalists guilty of ‘inaccurate reporting’ will have their visas revoked and possibly much more. Inside Khun Sa’s camp with a typewriter The military led government has introduced new visa laws […]
‘OH GOD, TAKE US AWAY FROM THIS COUNTRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE’ A BBC journalist has blagged his way into the Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok to broadcast a scathing report on Thailand which he says welcomes tourists but refuses to help anyone seeking refuge. The report by Producer-reporter Chris Rogers was broadcast yestersay and […]
UNFORTUNATELY HE’S KEEPING IT TO HIMSELF! I’m confused. I have just seen an unbeatable offer on the net – and I need advice. The New Nordic Company – ‘live next to a Thai Princess’ – is offering old aged pensioners a 10 per cent a year return on their property investments with it in Pattaya, […]
He has been sentenced to three years in jail for cheating a 78-year-old lady out of nearly US$300,000, which including posing as a lawyer to pocket the bail money for her son who went on to die in jail without treatment for a heart problem. He got bail while claiming he needed freedom to care […]
CHINESE AGENTS WORK WITH IMPUNITY IN THAILAND – SAY DISSIDENTS. While Thailand maintains it is friendly with the west and the United States remains Thailand’s number one ally there are now the obvious indications that the country has hopped into bed with China in more than one way. Spy or Janitor? – Coldface First of […]
SO FAR THAI POLICE HAVE SUGGESTED THEY MIGHT SUE INTERNET POSTERS. BUT THE EMPTY THREATS HAVE NOT STOPPED ALLEGATIONS COMING FAST AND FURIOUS Nichola, Luke, James – FB Luke’s Legacy Holiday friends of Luke Miller whose body was found in the pool of the Sunset Bar on the Thai island of Koh Tao earlier this […]
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.