Author: Andrew Drummond
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BRIAN GOUDIE THAILAND’S MOST FAMOUS FAKE LAWYER UNDERGOES BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS –
BUT IN CRIMINAL CASE HE PULLS THE ‘I PICKED WRONG THAI WOMAN’ DEFENCE Fake barrister Brian Goudie has been given 15 days to pay an American woman or face bankruptcy and deportation. The Bankruptcy Court has ruled that Goudie, from Falkirk, Scotland, should pay 7.8 million Thai baht to Barbara Fanelli Miller, whose son Gregory…
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SEND THREE AND FOURPENCE WE’RE GOING TO A DANCE- KOH TAO MURDER TRIAL
‘I didn’t think checking the CCTV of the boats was relevant – nor was it worth checking the murder weapon’ I have been following the trial of the two young Burmese on Koh Samui and have been totally absorbed. It seems now reading the international press that few people outside Thailand believe in Thai justice…
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INTERPRETER COMES FORWARD TO HELP IN FOREIGN COURT CASE – SHOCK –
HUMAN RIGHTS COMEDY IN THAILAND CONTINUES – Human Rights Watch is not surprisingly up in arms against the proposed constitution of the Thai National Human Rights Commission, one of which is a notorious supporter of the lèse majesté laws under which anybody can be locked up for saying something which somebody not the King believes is…
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THAILAND AWAITS NEWS OF ANOTHER NAVAL VICTORY – AS BRITAIN’S GUARDIAN PILES ON THE SCANDAL
LEFT HAND DOWN A BIT! ITS THE THAI NAVY LARK The credibility of Thailand took another blow today as the Guardian newspaper followed up on its report last year on slavery in the Thai fishing industry making it quite clear, if we were in any doubt, that officials were complicit in the trafficking of Rohingya…
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WHO OWNS WHAT IN BOILER ROOM BANGKOK
COMING SOON A BOILER ROOM GUIDE TO COMPANY NOMINEES Apologies for a break in transmissions here but several long term enquiries are coming to a head; I am still in a learning curve with regards to the new U.K. -and then, of course, I have been meeting up with old colleagues while raising kids 24/7.…
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‘With my broken heart and trembling hands I write this’
‘The pile of injustice in Thailand and the FBI from America is way too high for a 78 year old lady to cope with.’ I have just received a letter from the 78-year-old mother of Greg Miller, the American who died while in custody awaiting an appeal on child sexual abuse charges. That Greg…
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TEACHER IN CONTROVERSIAL SEX ABUSE CASE DIES UNDER GUARD
SHE TRIED TO SAVE HER SON FROM CROOKS AND INJUSTICE – BUT HE DIED THROUGH LACK OF CARE IN THE THAI JUSTICE SYSTEM An American mother, aged 77, who was allegedly swindled out of almost US$300,000 by a fake British lawyer in Pattaya who promised to defend her son Greg Miller on child sexual abuse…
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AMERICAN ‘HERO’ WHO DISAPPEARED IN THE ANDAMAN SEA HAD HIS OWN PROPERTY COMPANY
BROTHER-IN-LAW ‘BROKE KNEE CAPS FOR THE MAFIA’ The offer of a US$5000 reward this week for information about the death of American serviceman and Iraq veteran Josh Devine in the Andaman Sea in April comes as the family back home fails to get any closure on the mystery. Joshua Devine, 36, a ‘Soldier of the…
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FLY CHINA SOUTHERN AND DON’T SEE THE WORLD
Flying Sporran’s Weekend Diary (CONTD) While I have touched on the subject of human rights in China Raymond, Raymond Chang the Chinese American student who is singing about US Chinese détente might be better singing about something closer to home and more immediate – that is the deportation from Thailand over 100 Uyghurs last week…
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SAMUI ASSAULT MAN SINGS TO ALLEVIATE WORLD POVERTY – EXCEPT TRUCULENT POOR AUSSIES
‘NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE -NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM’ (except Melbourne) Flying Sporran’s Weekend |Dairy Raymond Chang – one of the two Chinese Americans of the Shanghai American School who have been charged with the vicious attack on Jack Hansen-Bartel in Koh Samui last year has made a video to promote China’s friendship…
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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE IN THAILAND – AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Jack Hansen-Bartel, with mask, behind Andy Hall, with defence lawyer at court today It seemed a sober moment, perhaps even a warning to the media just as the controversial murder trial of the accused killers of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller was due to start on the Thai island of Koh Samui. “The…
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KOH TAO MURDER TRIAL TO START TODAY
THAI JUSTICE ON TRIAL The trial over the controversial murders of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller is to start in a few hours time on the Thai holiday island of Koh Samui. But first the judges will have to rule whether the defence will be allowed to examine DNA evidence and the method…
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Shome Mishtake Surely? – Drunk Bangkok Cop Caught on Smartphone
Having seen quite a few drunken policemen in Thailand I could not avoid submitting this video picked up today by a Thai newspaper of a drunk cop stopping a motorist in Bangkok. The cop admits being drunk ‘a little bit’. Motorist: “You’re a police officer. You’re on duty! Are you drunk?” Cop: “Mao nid noi!”…
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A NICE DES RES FOR AN UNREGISTERED FINANCIAL ADVISER
INVESTOR ALERT – REGISTERED OR NOT DON’T GO WITH THAI BASED FINANCIAL ADVISERS Malada – an artists impression The Thai Securities Exchange Commission has put up on its website investor alerts naming a number of foreign financial advisory firms which have not been registered in Thailand. They include several exposed on this site. A reader…
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NO COURT WRITS PLEASE – IT UPSETS THE NON GUESTS
PATTAYA COURT ACCEPTS CASE AGAINST A BRAZILIAN BASED BRIT OILMAN BY SENDING SUMMONS TO HOTEL – IN THAILAND Two weeks ago we posed the question asking whether Koh Samui court could be the worst court in Thailand. Well naturally we thought there might be a few other contenders for that title – and sure enough…