Author: Andrew Drummond
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Young British woman found safe in Bangkok
A young British woman, Hannah Davies, aged 21, has been re-united with her mother in Bangkok, who flew out after fearing for her daughter’s safety. Ms. Davies had been seen in the Mall, Bangkapi looking ‘unwell’ last week. Her mother Theresa Davies from Portsmouth, Hants, created a website asking for further information as to her…
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INVESTOR ALERT CREATED OVER BANGKOK POST FINANCIAL WRITER’S DODGY INVESTMENT COMPANY
HOW RAMMING A POINT HOME IN THAILAND SOMETIMES NEEDS MORE THAN A SLEDGEHAMMER! Platinum Financial Services whose executive director Andrew Wood provides weekly advice in the Bangkok Post has been put on a Securities Exchange of Thailand’s Investor Alert list. Wood’s last column in the Bangkok Post was to advise expatriate Brits how to invest…
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AN END TO THAILAND’S SHAMEFUL TIGER ‘SANCTUARY’
Picture used to promote a tour of Tiger Temple. Spot the mistake! Yes, you’re right. The baby is not yet actually in the tiger’s mouth Officers of the Department of National Parks were still moving animals out of Wat Pha Luang Tu Bua in Kanchanaburi, best known as the ‘Tiger Temple’, today after finally acting…
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BORDER CROSSING WITH ANNIE!
Flying Sporran’s SE-Asian pre-‘Frozen’ tour diary Apologies to readers of this site if entries have been somewhat erratic but the Flying Sporran is currently on tour in south east Asia. Annie, Matthew, Archie and I have been having a ball. Our recent departure was slightly hurried as a couple of the border crossings may not…
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BURMESE ARMY CONTINUES TO TORTURE AND KILL KACHIN MINORITY –
DEATH MUTE GAVE AWAY NOTHING! While the Thai Army continues its reign unfettered, the Burmese Army or Tatmadaw continues with impunity to torture, rape and kill members of the ethnic Kachins in north Burma – with only muted criticism by the international community now that the country is big business. The Free Burma Rangers have…
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THAILAND – WHAT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION?
THAILAND’S NEW NOT SO HIDDEN AGENDA. New plans will hinder murder enquiries too For those who have not noticed the current Thai military led government has been quietly curtailing basic human rights and the ability of organisations to question government and official conduct. Already the powers of Thailand’s FBI – the Department of Special Investigations…
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THE FAKE JUDGMENTS OF BRIAN GOUDIE
‘LAWYER CAUGHT ON TAPE’ SEVERELY EDITED IPSO JUDGMENT A complaint has been lodged by British journalist Andrew Drummond to the Independent Press Standards Organisation claiming a fake British lawyer operating in Thailand has published a false judgment on his website CasewatchAsia.blogspot.com. and Liveleak.com Brian Goudie, formerly Goldie, who was jailed for six years in Australia…
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AUSSIE JOURNO RETURNS TO THAILAND DEFIANTLY – TO TAKE ON NAVY
Alan Morison the Australian journalist who has been hounded by the Royal Thai Navy has returned defiantly to Thailand for fight libel cases brought against him and colleague Chutima Sidasathian, the Guardian is reporting today. Morison and Chutima face trial over one sentence in a Reuters report which they published on the plight of the…
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‘I need help’ – says teacher caught with 52,750 plus child porn pictures and videos
EXPAT TEACHER HAD MASSIVE CHILD PORN STASH A 47-year-old Briton, described as a former head teacher at a school in Thailand, has walked free from a court on charges relating to the possession of some 52,000 pornographic images of children. Sean Jamieson, of Middleborough Road, South Bank, had left the images on a hard disc…
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KOH TAO JUSTICE CAMPAIGN – STATEMENT
The Migrant Worker Rights Network has launched a new appeal to raise cash to defend the two young Burmese migrant workers Zaw Lin and Wei, both aged 21, who have been accused of the murders of Britons Hannah Witheridge and David Miller and the rape of Hannah on the Thai island of Koh Tao last…
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DREW NOYES’ DALEK CONNECTION!
WE WILL EXTERMINATE! Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary Drew Walter Noyes who has screamed and shrieked his way through a number of court cases in Thailand before finally being convicted of extortion along with his common-law-wife has now removed his name from directors list of all his companies – save for his One Stop Service Center…
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LIES, LIES AND MURDERED FOREIGNERS IN THAILAND
A WORD IN YOUR EAR DEAR MAYOR! An open letter to Chaiyan Turasakul , Mayor of the Thai island of Koh Tao, Dear Mayor, I see you are upset by British media reports over the death of Christina Annersley on your beautiful island of Koh Tao, another young British tourist who has died of natural…
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THAI MURDER ISLAND MAYOR ATTACKS BRITISH MEDIA
FOREIGNERS MISLEAD ABOUT MAFIA ON THAI ISLAND – CLAIM The Mayor of a Thai island in Thailand has launched an attack on the British media claiming the island’s reputation is being damaged by ‘spurious’ news reports. Chaiyan Turasakul , Mayor of Koh Tao said told the Khao Sod (Fresh News) newspaper in Thailand that he…
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SLIGO COLLEGES ‘EXPENSES SCANDAL’ SUPERVISOR FOUND DEAD IN THAI VILLAGE
#JohnFintanBrett ALLEGED ROMANCE WITH POLICEMAN’S DAUGHTER A former school supervisor and goalkeeper for Sligo Rovers FC has been found dead in north east Thailand near the Cambodia under suspicious circumstances. John Fintan Brett, 68, whose named also featured in the Sligo College expenses scandal trials was found in a house in the provincial capital of…
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ARMY TOASTS BANGKOK’S SMELLY KLONGS IN CHAMPAGNE
WHERE THERE’S MUCK THERE’S BRASS. A Bangkok based foreign businessman lies collapsed in the street, his mobile phone at his side. Is he waiting for that call from the military? He was hoping to broker oil to Thailand from the middle east, but perhaps stress got the better of him after the crash of oil…